Chapter
1 I | morning of the sixth of May there had appeared a flash
2 I | of the 12th and 13th of May—a very dark night— the observers
3 II | father, though the father may have had no children.~Uncle
4 II | Amongst his bitterest foes we may mention the secretary of
5 IV | America, all the world, may strive in vain to keep me
6 IV | tell you something that you may not be particularly pleased
7 IV | exchange of arguments.~“But I may remind you, all the same,
8 VI | through a kind of loophole.~As may be imagined, Phil Evans
9 VII | excessive lightness.~This list may be a little long, but that
10 X | Evans.~“Yes; cost what it may!”~A long murmur greeted
11 XI | northerly direction.~It may be imagined with what speed
12 XI | any instant a collision may be expected. The “Albatross”
13 XI | curious.”~“Curious as it may be —” replied Phil Evans.~“
14 XII | the Chinese astronomers may have recognized the aerial
15 XIII | leave him in that way. I may add you never leave him.”~
16 XIII | said Uncle Prudent. “It may happen during the night
17 XIII | night that the “Albatross” may drop to within a few hundred
18 XIII | out!”~Uncle Prudent, as may be imagined, did not attempt
19 XIII | sought safety in flight.~As may be guessed, a sharp look-out
20 XIII | Sturgeons from the river are, it may be, rather better than those
21 XIII | the bottom of the sea. As may be imagined, he cried no
22 XIV | two days that followed. It may be that Robur considered
23 XIV | in my country, the master may send you to the seesaw!”
24 XIV | snuff, as we know, and we may pardon this fault in an
25 XIV | unknown regions of Africa!~It may be interesting to know what
26 XVIII| is then considerable, and may perhaps be as great as the
27 XVIII| of south latitude. This may perhaps explain why the
28 XIX | order,” said the mate. “We may have the wind against us
29 XX | us.”~“So they are, and it may be raining down at the sea;
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