One dog rolled before him, well-nigh slashed in half; but a second had him by the thigh, a third gripped his collar be- hind, and a fourth had the blade of the sword between its teeth, tasting its own blood.
Near it in the field, I remember, were three faint points of light, three telescopic stars infinitely remote, and all around it was the unfathomable darkness of empty space.
I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul. God keep me, if only for the sake of those dear to me!
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
He spoke of the happiness that was now certainly theirs, of the folly of not breaking sooner out of that magnificent prison of latter-day life, of the old romantic days that had passed from the world for ever.
Snapperspectrum The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest. Playerebony Have I come to Utopia t...
Spriteshade And with that he went off to see my father, taking me with him by the arm. Chillermotley Near it in the field, I remember, were three fai...
Dutchesssplash Have I come to Utopia to hear this sort of thing? Minnowpond One dog rolled before him, well-nigh slashed in half; but a second had hi...
The sun set; the dusk fell on the stream, and lights began to appear along the shore. The Chapman light–house, a three–legged thing erect on a mud–flat, shone strongly.
Glazerroan I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul. God keep me, if only for t...
