... had caught it up, in mere sport. ‘Of course I know that, my
Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
CHAPTER IX
CONTAINING FURTHER PARTICULARS
CONCERNING THE PLEASANT OLD
GENTLEMAN, AND HIS HOPEFUL ... safety. At least half a dozen more
were severally drawn forth from the same box, and surveyed with equal
pleasure; besides rings, brooches, bracelet, and other articles of jewellery, of
suc...
... found some trial of her
patience in weather which totally suspended the improvement of her
acquaintance with Mr. Wickham; and nothing less than a dance on Tuesday,
could have made such a Friday, ... Saturday, Sunday, and Monday endurable to
Kitty and Lydia.
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
Chapter 17
Elizabeth related to Jane the next day what had passed between Mr.
Wickham and h...
... "Why?"
"Because I had its big door sheathed with boiler
THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
CHAPTER 32
TUESDAY afternoon came, and waned to the twilight. The village of St.
Petersburg
... of the calf and the rats and the mixed-up counting; and
THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
CHAPTER 37
THAT was all fixed. So then we went away and went to the rubbage-pile in
the back
... keeps it so well lubricated
with booze that his worst kicks sound like an invitation to split a quart. But
it's poetry," says Idaho, "and I have sensations of scorn for that truck ... if you had stepped up to
me suddenly and said: "Sanderson Pratt, what would it cost per square foot
to lay a roof with twenty by twenty- eight tin at nine dollars and fifty cents
per ......
... in and have some
refreshment."
However, Lestrade was anxious to get his man into safe quarters,
so within a few minutes our cab had been summoned and we were
all four upon our way
... water had turned it to
fetid puddle. I was your equal at eighteen quite your equal. Nature meant
me to be, on the whole, a good man, Miss Eyre; one of the better kind, and
you see I am not ...
unacquainted with its mysteries."
"I only remind you of your own words, sir: you said error brought remorse,
and you pronounced remorse the poison of existence."
JANE EYRE
CH...
... inflation of the lineaments!"
"Ghosts are usually pale, Jane."
JANE EYRE
CHARLOTTE BRONTE
Chapter 25
The month of courtship had wasted: its very last hours were being
numbered. ... will go forward and meet him."
I set out; I walked fast, but not far: ere I had measured a quarter of a mile, I
heard the tramp of hoofs; a horseman came on, full gallop; a dog...
... Dickens
CHAPTER X
OLIVER BECOMES BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH
THE CHARACTERS OF HIS NEW ASSOCIATES;
AND PURCHASES EXPERIENCE AT A HIGH
PRICE. BEING A SHORT, BUT VERY IMPORTANT
CHAPTER, IN ... passengers as they turn the corners, rousing
up the dogs, and astonishing the fowls: and streets, squares, and courts, re-
echo with the sound.
’Stop thief! Stop thief!’ The cry is taken up by a...
... of the scene.
Mr. Fang was a lean, long-backed, stiff-necked, middle-sized man, with no
great quantity of hair, and what he had, growing on the back and sides of his
head. His face was stern,