... the
belief that he 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, ... 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,...
...
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 ...
friends, and the attentions of her brother; and Elizabeth thought with
pleasure of dancing a great deal with Mr. Wickham, and of seeing a
confirmation of everything in Mr...
... 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 still mourned. The lost ... Tom lay upon a
sofa with an eager auditory about him and told the history of the wonderful
adventure, putting in many striking additions to adorn it withal; and closed
with a desc...
... and the spoon and the
candles, by the help 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 ... NEVER see the beat of it in all
my born days. A shirt, and a sheet, and a spoon, and six can "
minutes, picking tallowdrip off of his candle and thinking. Then he turns off...
... mountains
he became a prey to a kind of spurious and uneven poetry, which may have
SHORT STORY BY O’HENRY
The Handbook Of Hymen
'Tis the opinion of myself, Sanderson Pratt, who sets ... powers of
Governors, the dates of the Roman aqueducts, how many pounds of rice
going without three beers a day would buy, the average annual temperature
of Augusta, Maine...
... clearly see the sequence of events,
though you see them, of course, in the inverse order to the way
THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOMES
ARTHUR CONAY DOYLE
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons (3) ... files of the paper, and I find that the
disappearance of the pearl was exactly two days before the arrest
of Beppo, for some crime of violence an event which took place in...
... 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 d...
... and the
jewels, and the Jew, rushed upon the boy’s mind.
Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
CHAPTER X
OLIVER BECOMES BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH
THE CHARACTERS OF HIS NEW ASSOCIATES;
AND PURCHASES ... 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...
... 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, ... of rage and defiance. He reached the yard; and his passion
vanished in a moment. Little Oliver Twist lay on his back on the pavement,
with his shirt unbuttoned, and his temples bathed with wa...
... of parents in your
goodness and affection, but that I might have done so, and might have been
equally helpless and unprotected with this poor child, have pity upon him
before it is too late!’
... Collins, she thought with equal
certainty, and with considerable, though not equal, pleasure. Elizabeth was
the least dear to her of all her children; and though the man and the match
‘I have ... the way. His coming into the country at
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
Chapter 18
Till Elizabeth entered the drawing-room at Netherfield, and looked in vain
for Mr. Wickh...
... you
must marry. Choose properly, choose a gentlewoman for MY sake; and for
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
Chapter 19
The next day opened a new scene at Longbourn. Mr. Collins made ... her:
perfectly indifferent, and shall make no demand of that nature on your
father, since I am well aware that it could not be complied with; and that one
thousand pounds in the four...
... all they can, off'n their friends; and after
you've kept them a year, if it ain't raised then you kill them. That's the
THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
CHAPTER 33
WITHIN ... all right."
Then Huck told his entire adventure in confidence to Tom, who had only
heard of the Welshman's part of it before.
"Well," said Huck, present...
... THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
CHAPTER 34
HUCK said: " ;Tom, we can slope, if we can find a rope. The window ain't
high ... that kind of a crowd. I can't stand it. I ain't going
down there, Tom. "
"Oh, bother! It ain't anything. I don't mind it a bit. I'll take care of you." ... "It's one of the widow's...