author: jules verne

Leaves of Grass, Siddhartha, Middlemarch, The Jungle, Macbeth, Moby-Dick, A Study in Scarlet... Jules Verne, Lewis ... Tabaqui , the Dish - licker - and the wolves of India despise Tabaqui because he runs about making mischief , and ...

... Savathi, every child knew the name of the exalted Buddha, and every house was prepared to fill the alms-dish of Gotama's disciples, the silently begging ones. Near the town was Gotama's favourite place to stay, the grove of Jetavana ...

... fast by both arms, lest he should do some mad act, he said to her, “Infamous girl, misguided maiden, whither in thy blindness and madness ... life on this barren strand if thou dost leave him.” All this Zoraida heard ... spent, as we were ...

... sea- monsters. But the boy understood that it was the sea-trolls, who had gathered around the island and intended to crawl up on it, to fight with the land-trolls who lived there. And those on the land were probably afraid, for he saw ...

... light as a feather right off . All my troubles was gone . I went to looking out sharp for a light , and sort of singing to myself . By and by one showed . Jim sings out : " We's safe , Huck , we's safe ! Jump up and crack yo ' heels ...

... bullet of 108 inches would weigh more than 200,000 lbs . , a weight evidently too great ; however , as it is necessary to give the projectile a certain stability ... calculator , Mr. Maston , will tell us at once . " " Nothing is easier ...

... peaks neared the gap, slightly slackening its speed as if conscious of ... aether, and never a Shantak or less mentionable entity rose from the haunted ... current which pulled madly and relentlessly into the north whence no mortal had ...

... peaks neared the gap, slightly slackening its speed as if conscious of ... aether, and never a Shantak or less mentionable entity rose from the haunted ... current which pulled madly and relentlessly into the north whence no mortal had ...

... peaks neared the gap, slightly slackening its speed as if conscious of ... aether, and never a Shantak or less mentionable entity rose from the haunted ... current which pulled madly and relentlessly into the north whence no mortal had ...

... peaks neared the gap, slightly slackening its speed as if conscious of ... aether, and never a Shantak or less mentionable entity rose from the haunted ... current which pulled madly and relentlessly into the north whence no mortal had ...

... Doom of London, New Atlantis, A Martian Odyssey, A Columbus of Space ... helmet from within the Minos, an air helmet that we had thought might serve should we ... visor open, and his flat features peered out at us like a gargoyle's. On he ...

... polite to the women and a little haughty to the men, who did not always ... brother, Raoul, would not hear of a division and waived their claim to their ... brother, not as a thing rightfully belonging to them, but as a dowry for which ...

... Khepra also taken from the Book of the Dead. Egyptian writings vary somewhat as to what the scarabaeus beetle actually symbolizes. The name Khepra is derived from the Egyptian word kheper, to create. On the tablet of Ramases II at Kuban ...

... bullet of 108 inches would weigh more than 200,000 lbs . , a weight evidently too great ; however , as it is necessary to give the projectile a certain stability ... calculator , Mr. Maston , will tell us at once . " " Nothing is easier ...

... Lost Continent, Three Go Back... H. G. Wells, Abraham Merritt, Arthur Conan ... spear, than to the seductions of the lady who led him by the hand, that he ... missing weapon was fetched, we advanced boldly, and seated ourselves in a line ...

... Morris, Samuel Butler, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, James Fenimore Cooper ... real a dream." The voice turned angry. "Fools! I bring it here to sell to ... you, eh? But listen—a movie that gives one sight and sound. Suppose now I add taste ...

E-artnow presents to you this unique collection of the greatest classics of thriller and mystery every fan of the genre should experience at least once in their life: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie) The Mysterious Affair at ...

... Sax Rohmer, Alexandre Dumas, Washington Irving, Maurice Leblanc, Erskine Childers, Gaston Leroux, Wilkie Collins, Earl Derr ... dummies. Like tailors' dummies they were headless; and like tailors' dummies they had a handsome unnecessary ...

... Pross and Mr. Cruncher had discharged the office of purveyors ; the former carrying the money ; the latter , the basket . Every afternoon at about the time when the public lamps were lighted , they fared forth on this duty , and made ...

... force, or power, without the concurring aid and favour of his assisting ... cuckold, if it please God, nor shall we need to despair of the knowledge of ... cuckold, that is to say, your wife shall never be a strumpet, if you make choice ...

... force, or power, without the concurring aid and favour of his assisting ... cuckold, if it please God, nor shall we need to despair of the knowledge of ... cuckold, that is to say, your wife shall never be a strumpet, if you make choice ...

... Lead the way ! " They went in from the yard and up to the fourth storey . The staircase got darker and darker as they went up . It was nearly eleven o'clock and although in summer ... sheet . Behind it probably was the bed . There was nothing ...

... Scarecrow said to his friends : " Congratulate me . I am going to Oz to get my brains at last . When I return I shall be as other men are . " " I have always liked you as you were , " said Dorothy simply . " It is kind of you to like a ...

... Mole yawn , and yet she ought to be accustomed to the social charms of the friends of the house . I am frightened of ... jokes . On this particular day , whether or not by reason of some affectation on her part , she proved cruel to bores .

... transient masters since he had come into the Northland had bred in him a fear that no master could be permanent . He was afraid that Thornton would pass out of his life as Perrault and Francois and the Scotch half - breed had passed out ...

... full armour to bestride him . As a cow stands lowing over her first calf , even so did yellow - haired Menelaus ... dauntless of all creatures , than are the proud sons of Panthous . Yet Hyperenor did not see out the days of his youth when he ...

... Emily Brontë, Henry David Thoreau, Jack London, Henry James, Louisa May ... Gregorio and the beauty of Ana Felix were the admiration of all who were ... Gregorio, and Don Gregorio at no great length, but in a few words, in which he showed ...

... Sax Rohmer, Alexandre Dumas, Washington Irving, Maurice Leblanc, Erskine ... Hello, Mr. Winterslip," he said. "What do you think of our police force now ... Hello, Jennison," Greene said. "I'm mighty sorry about this—" "You ought to be ...

... Sax Rohmer, Alexandre Dumas, Washington Irving, Maurice Leblanc, Erskine ... Mr. Saladine?" "I've been thinking about Mr. Saladine. But I can't get ... Hello, Mr. Saladine," she said. "This is Mr. Winterslip, of Boston." "Ah, yeth ...

... dance , will come The sound of tabour and of drum . Again to spouse and realm restored , Girt by his friends , the ... stolen wife Dearer to Ráma than his life , Chief when he saw the Lord of Night Rise slowly o'er the eastern height ...

... bullet of 108 inches would weigh more than 200,000 lbs . , a weight evidently too great ; however , as it is necessary to give the projectile a certain stability ... calculator , Mr. Maston , will tell us at once . " " Nothing is easier ...

... Emily Brontë, Henry David Thoreau, Henry James, Louisa May Alcott, Victor ... Gregorio and the beauty of Ana Felix were the admiration of all who were ... Gregorio, and Don Gregorio at no great length, but in a few words, in which he ...

... Sister Fessue said to Sister Confite: "Providence takes a visible care of me; you know how I love my sparrow; he would have been dead if I had not said nine ave-marias to obtain his cure. God has restored my sparrow to life; thanks to ...

... Mole yawn, and yet she ought to be accustomed to the social charms of the friends of the house. I am frightened of ... jokes. On this particular day, whether or not by reason of some affectation on her part, she proved cruel to bores.

... Mole yawn , and yet she ought to be accustomed to the social charms of the friends of the house . I am frightened of ... jokes . On this particular day , whether or not by reason of some affectation on her part , she proved cruel to bores .