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Off on a Comet

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1502 I, XVIII| otherwise than recall most forcibly the story of Sancho Panza 1503 II, XVII | appearances and disappearances, forcing them to the conviction that 1504 I, XI | stationed at the foot of the fore-shrouds dropped the sounding-lead 1505 I, XV | everybody hurried to the forecastle; the schooner was dexterously 1506 I, XIII | contempt, of everything foreign. Probably they would have 1507 II, III | was possible, but he soon foresaw that it was inevitable, 1508 II, XVI | any case, it seems hard to foresee whence there is to come 1509 I, XII | crystallizations of which rose like a forest of gigantic pyramids and 1510 II, XV | that the Englishmen had forestalled him in the occupation of 1511 I, XXI | were care, ingenuity, and forethought. It was indispensable that 1512 I, XIX | was precisely what he had foretold. The communication was received 1513 II, VIII | beguiled into comparative forgetfulness of the charms of his comet; 1514 II, IX | forget my rights; you are forgetting that, if I please, I can 1515 II, III | felt that he could never forgive the slight that had been 1516 I, XIV | height.~“Ah! how stupid! I forgot,” said Servadac, with the 1517 I, XIII | knew our country would not forsake us; it is an English ship, 1518 I, X | the waves? The imperial fort, too, was built upon an 1519 II, V | question, but no measure was forthcoming. “Most likely we shall find 1520 II, XVII | medicine chest; with heroic fortitude he endured the tortures 1521 II, V | satellite, which performed its fortnightly revolutions with unvarying 1522 I, XXIV | collected; the wind, by a fortuitous Providence, had shifted 1523 II, III | equanimity, he continued: “It is fortunate that the earth was only 1524 II, XVIII| all, into its open mouth.~“Forty-seven!” cried Procope.~There was 1525 II, XVIII| their aerial adventure.~“Forty-six minutes!” announced the 1526 I, XXI | reservoir.~The need for haste in forwarding their preparations became 1527 I, II | existence he had been the foster-child of the sturdy wife of a 1528 I, XXIII| the instability of their foundations liable to an instantaneous 1529 I, XII | polished as though fresh from a founder’s mold, glittered with the 1530 I, XXI | determined to go to the fountain-head. He addressed himself to 1531 II, VIII | danger incurred might be of a fourfold character: first, that the 1532 I, II | rentes.~Length of service: Fourteen years, three months, and 1533 I, XII | coincided pretty nearly with the fourteenth meridian of east longitude; 1534 I, XXI | doubt, will drive the old fox out of his hole.”~Towards 1535 I, XV | embraced more than the merest fraction of either France or Russia. 1536 I, XVI | his head mournfully.~“Orbe fracto, spes illoesa,” continued 1537 II, I | asteroid had been formed by a fracture of the earth’s surface, 1538 I, XVI | upon the surface of the fractured rocks, and the higher the 1539 I, XVII | had conducted her to the fragmentary relic of Gibraltar. Hence 1540 II, XV | originating entirely in the frailty of human nature. The nearer 1541 I, II | constitution, a powerful frame, and an indomitable courage 1542 I, XVIII| to the radiant fabrics of Frank-fort and Epinal. Without wife 1543 II, I | is no accounting for the freaks of philosophers, you know,” 1544 II, XIV | rejoicing in their recovered freedom like prisoners liberated 1545 I, XIV | longer any obstacle to a freer intercourse. The colonel, 1546 II, XI | registered 53 degrees below freezing-point.~In the creek, where the 1547 I, XX | little craft was sufficiently freighted with coal (of which there 1548 I, VIII | Mediterranean systematically frequented by the government steamers 1549 II, I | irritation, and he exclaimed fretfully, “My spectacles!—where are 1550 II, I | Ben Zoof recommenced his friction with more vigor than ever.~ 1551 I, XVII | first she had been very frightened; but when she found that 1552 II, III | professor bowed again in frigid dignity.~“His yacht has 1553 I, III | rosy glare. No well-defined fringe of light, nor arch of luminous 1554 I, XI | by magnificent palms that fringed the gulf, which by reason 1555 I, II | not shirk their duty by frivolous pursuits; but it must be 1556 I, XXI | gunwale, made a transit to and fro. Ben Zoof was left upon 1557 I, XVII | would have been its natural frontier.~Adapting her course to 1558 II, XVIII| its edge just grazing the frontiers of France; whilst France 1559 II, XV | being compelled to reap the fruits of his own dishonesty. No 1560 I, III | find rhymes as to rally fugitive in a battle. But, by all 1561 II, IV | make them incapable of fulfilling their proper functions. 1562 I, XIII | and the men lifted out a full-sized shot, weighing 200 lbs., 1563 II, XVII | drawing himself up to the fullest height his diminutive figure 1564 II, I | each delinquency he would fume and rage in a manner that 1565 II, IX | an occasion for a bit of fun. But the joke at an end, 1566 I, VII | consequence, might not fulfill its function. But no; the fire was lighted 1567 II, IV | fulfilling their proper functions. But during periods of calm 1568 II, V | but well muffled up in fur, they all endured it without 1569 II, XIV | continued to shake the Jew furiously.~Ben Zoof looked on and 1570 II, XIII | unbounded mental energy to furnish an adequate reaction to 1571 I, VI | rifted the ground; great gaps furrowed the fields, and trees, half 1572 I, XVI | Fortunately, the deep striae or furrows in the surface of the rocks 1573 I, I | rely—a major of the 2nd Fusileers, and a captain of the 8th 1574 II, XIX | the colonel of the 2nd Fusiliers and the captain of the 8th 1575 II, XVIII| too likely that, in the fusion of the two atmospheres, 1576 II, XVII | that if he made any more fuss, he should be compelled 1577 II, II | said the astronomer with fussy importance. “But let me 1578 I, XII | undeviating course, and after a futile search for the coast of 1579 I, XIX | exclaimed Ben Zoof; “he gabbles every tongue under the sun!”~“ 1580 II, III | no one had the heart to gainsay his assertion. Ben Zoof 1581 I, VI | mill of Montmartre. They galloped off in the direction of 1582 II, XVI | inner heat, Gallia, like Gambart’s comet, had been severed 1583 II, V | access for the present to the gangway, but it was evident that 1584 I, II | laid himself down in the gap, and thus filling up the 1585 I, VI | rifted the ground; great gaps furrowed the fields, and 1586 I, XVI | undulating landscape; its gardens of citrons and oranges rising 1587 I, XIII | transformed an enormous rock, garrisoned with well-nigh two thousand 1588 II, XIV | Servadac was a Gascon, and Gascons are proverbially poor; it 1589 I, XV | Alicante. Malaga, Almeria, Cape Gata, Car-thagena. Cape Palos— 1590 II, XIII | present at these social gatherings. He was far too much occupied 1591 II, III | occasions, whilst carefully gauging the recesses of Gemini, 1592 II, IX | follow the practice of the Gauls of old, who advanced money 1593 II, XIII | sweet notes of a bird; her gay Italian songs broke the 1594 II, XV | way that did honor to his generosity, represented that, however 1595 I, XXI | anxious to reach their genial winter quarters without 1596 I, XXII | lava, rising with a uniform gentleness, quietly overran the limits 1597 I, XIV | was the cool reply.~The geographical mystery haunted the minds 1598 I, XVI | fails to work. A skilled geologist would probably have been 1599 II, I | a perfect wilderness of geometrical figures, conic sections 1600 II, XVII | all sorts of New Year’s gifts.~It may seem strange, but 1601 II, IX | persisted in leading. Ben Zoof giggled heartily, as he repeatedly 1602 I, II | Lesparre, department of the Gironde, July 19th, 18—.~Property: 1603 I, VIII | received by the earth; its glacial and its torrid zones, which, 1604 II, VI | his head in perplexity, glaring round upon his companions 1605 I, XXI | along there was a lurking gleam of satisfaction in his little 1606 II, XII | here.”~After throwing the gleams of torch-light in all directions, 1607 I, XXI | he quite chuckled with glee.~“God of Israel!” he said 1608 II, XIII | sorely. The months still glided on; how, it seemed impossible 1609 I, XXII | as the waters of Niagara, gliding on steadily to their final 1610 I, VII | he had had an imperfect glimpse on the night of the 31st 1611 I, II | Blanc?”~Ben Zoof’s eyes glistened with delight; and from that 1612 I, XVI | thin layers of snow were glittering upon the surface of the 1613 II, IX | Often and often had Isaac gloated in his solitude over the 1614 I, VI | With not a soul to govern,” gloomily rejoined the captain.~“How 1615 I, XVIII| jamelgo y un trabuco,~Que mas gloria puede haver?”~ Servadac’ 1616 II, VIII | interest for the glowing glories of the planet, seemed to 1617 II, VIII | reflected from its disc, glowed with a mingled softness 1618 I, VI | fantastic distortions of their gnarled trunks, looking as though 1619 II, XV | leaving Captain Servadac gnawing his mustache with mingled 1620 II, XIII | was distant yet, but the goal was cheeringly in view.~“ 1621 I, II | cradle have hovered the fairy godmothers of adventure and good luck.~ 1622 I, VII | in the name of all the gods, has she picked up another 1623 II, VII | weight. Do you understand me, goggle-eyes?”~This was addressed to 1624 I, XI | name, with the Arsenal, the Goletta, and the two peaks of Bou-Kournein, 1625 II, XV | move. Allow me to wish you good-afternoon.”~And without further parley, 1626 II, I | he was really exceedingly good-hearted; his bark was worse than 1627 II, III | justified by the patient and good-humored demeanor of his audience.~“ 1628 I, XXII | moment.”~Servadac smiled good-humoredly.~“I confess you seem to 1629 II, IX | and two Russian sailors. “Good-morning, old Eleazar; we have come 1630 II, VII | well as learned.”~With a good-natured laugh at the orderly’s remark, 1631 I, XVIII| of birds; and although a goodly number of stacks attested 1632 II, XIX | genuine tokens of regard and goodwill.~For Isaac Hakkabut alone 1633 I, VI | traversed one of the mountain gorges; and next, in order to make 1634 I, XXI | by this virtuoso:~“Misti goth dar dar tire lyre! Flic! 1635 I, VI | gourbi.~“With not a soul to govern,” gloomily rejoined the 1636 I, XVI | scenery of Provence, with the grace of its rich and undulating 1637 I, II | six inches high, slim and graceful, with dark curling hair 1638 II, XI | exercise, wandered fleetly and gracefully hither and thither, occasionally 1639 II, XVII | and, with a low bow and a gracious smile, the captain withdrew. 1640 I, III | driss,” the gourbi, though a grade better than the tents of 1641 II, XI | So irresistible was this gradual process of elevation, so 1642 I, II | quite unsheltered from the grape-shot that was pouring in thick 1643 II, XII | might vie with any of the graphic descriptions of the “Arabian 1644 II, XVI | the sea,” as the whalers graphically describe it, was heard in 1645 II, XVI | whether we can successfully grapple with them, or in any way 1646 II, X | have resisted hitherto the grasp of the most powerful reflectors. 1647 I, XXIV | be deserted; the little grate contained the ashes of a 1648 II, VII | refrain from exhibiting his gratification that, however inferior in 1649 I, VIII | not experience the same gratifying emotion.~On the 20th, the 1650 II, VII | the sum of the specific gravities of these two substances 1651 II, XVIII| of Germany, its edge just grazing the frontiers of France; 1652 I, X | Forthwith, the lead was greased and lowered. To the surprise 1653 II, X | vice was represented by the greed and avarice of the miserable 1654 II, VI | of several rubles. With a greediness that could not be concealed, 1655 I, XII | Sicilians, Romans, Vandals, Greeks, Arabians, and the knights 1656 II, XIX | hair slightly streaked with grey, had the pleasure of seeing 1657 II, XVI | plunged him into an excess of grief which he preferred to bear 1658 II, IX | his own possession. No one grieved over the life of solitude 1659 I, XIV | England, I fear, has suffered grievously by the late catastrophe. 1660 I, XIX | Algiers.~The Jew gave a broad grin, which, however, he was 1661 II, IX | chuckled to himself, and grinned maliciously.~True to his 1662 I, III | and he gave vent to a loud groan.~“How now, Ben Zoof?” said 1663 II, IX | contract.”~And, moaning and groaning, the miserable man was driven 1664 I, VI | orderly.~“Very good; you may groom them and saddle them as 1665 I, VI | think that they ought to be groomed,” said the orderly.~“Very 1666 I, VII | impatiently, “his Excellency is grossly negligent!”~Although the 1667 I, XVIII| the bank of foliage, their grotesque attitudes, combined with 1668 II, XI | their lengthened shadows grotesquely on the surface of the frozen 1669 II, XI | and some singly, some in groups, scattered themselves in 1670 I, V | south, whilst the adjacent groves and meadows all retained 1671 II, XVI | the professor seemed to grow more obstinate than ever 1672 II, XIX | marriage to the Italian, now grown into a charming girl, upon 1673 II, I | beard unless the unshorn growth of a week could be so described, 1674 I, XVIII| And then a voice, at once gruff and harsh, was heard vociferating, “ 1675 I, XXI | his precious cargo, ever grumbling and growling, but with his 1676 II, XI | which the Jew most carefully guarded the key.~The 1st of January 1677 II, XIX | the supervision of their guardians, were well educated and 1678 I, XIII | territory intrusted to their guardianship.~English-like, the two officers 1679 II, II | internal warmth than for guarding against intrusion from without.~“ 1680 I, XIX | miscellaneous literature. At a rough guess the value could not be much 1681 II, VII | respectively; and they accordingly guessed that Professor Rosette had 1682 II, IX | of gold; but the old man, guessing that the orderly was only 1683 I, XVII | could detect nothing to guide them to a definite decision.~ 1684 I, V | worthy soldier was rarely guilty.~As these thoughts were 1685 I, XVI | Lerius Islands, and the gulfs of Cannes and Jouar, the 1686 I, XII | sea-birds, the albatross, the gull, the sea-mew, sought continual 1687 I, VI | coast line, alternately gully and headland, had the effect 1688 I, XXI | Dobryna, laden to her very gunwale, made a transit to and fro. 1689 I, XXIII| them to haunt now the very habitations which formerly they would 1690 II, XIV | to his telescope, looking haggard and distressed, and when 1691 I, XI | deserted; all expectations of hailing a vessel bearing news from 1692 I, XVII | though spattered with burning hailstones, shone with a phosphorescence 1693 I, XXIII| appeared to be enveloped in a half-defined shadow, as though the sun 1694 II, XIII | almost unconscious as the half-dormant population of Gallia were 1695 II, I | them in an unconscious and half-dying condition.~Apart from motives 1696 I, XXIII| Congregating in the large hall, the half-famished creatures did not hesitate 1697 II, VI | two-franc pieces, and twenty half-francs.”~“Let me see,” said Servadac, “ 1698 I, XXIV | that you, half-starved and half-frozen yourself, could render to 1699 I, XXIV | do you imagine that you, half-starved and half-frozen yourself, 1700 II, XI | into the ice and came to a halt. Exclamations of surprise 1701 II, XV | without special incident; halts were made at regular intervals, 1702 I, VI | been swept away, and the hamlet, with its eight hundred 1703 I, XII | of Tunis from the Gulf of Hammamet. For two days she continued 1704 II, VI | in which smoldered a bare handful of coals; in another was 1705 II, I | extemporized blackboard. The handwriting corresponded with that of 1706 I, XX | Early next morning, this handy little craft was sufficiently 1707 II, XIV | 12th, Ben Zoof, who was hanging about outside the great 1708 II, V | philosophical indifference. Happier and better provided for 1709 II, V | shores of their native land.~Happiest of all were Pablo and Nina. 1710 II, XIX | dowry; the young people’s happiness in no way marred by the 1711 I, XX | which they were equally harassed and perplexed. The sole 1712 I, XVIII| visiting, moreover, most of the harbors of the Levant. Careful to 1713 I, XVIII| heartless, wily usurer, the hardened miser and skinflint. As 1714 I, XX | enable them to brave the hardest severity of climate.~The 1715 I, XII | effect in softening the hardness of its lines, in rounding 1716 II, XIII | say, little Nina bore her hardships more bravely than any of 1717 I, XVII | sea.”~“I wonder where the hare-brained savant that writes them 1718 I, V | light, and they ran like hares and leaped like chamois. 1719 0, Int | undiscoverable, unrelenting foe, the “Harfang,” bird of evil omen, and 1720 I, XVIII| more puzzled than before.~“Hark!” said Ben Zoof; “it is 1721 I, XI | Afri-canus or Roman Carthage by Hassan the Saracen.~In the evening, 1722 II, VI | out of his difficulty, and hastily mounted the cabin-ladder. 1723 I, XIII | two officers, in cocked hats and full staff uniform, 1724 I, XIV | Now, gentlemen,” he began haughtily, “permit me to represent 1725 I, II | very reserved, not to say haughty in her manner, and either 1726 I, XIX | his commodities.~“A fine haul, lieutenant,” said the captain.~“ 1727 I, V | had seated itself upon its haunches, and was staring at the 1728 I, XXIII| instinct impelled them to haunt now the very habitations 1729 I, XIV | The geographical mystery haunted the minds of both the count 1730 I, XVIII| trabuco,~Que mas gloria puede haver?”~ Servadac’s knowledge 1731 I, IX | earth had been in imminent hazard of running foul of the planet 1732 I, V | dimly visible through the haze of clouds.~“Nonsense!” exclaimed 1733 I, VI | entirely disappeared, and the headlands, unable to resist the shock 1734 I, XII | difficulty in making any headway; on the other hand, by taking 1735 I, XXIII| This exercise was not only healthful in itself, but it was acknowledged 1736 II, XII | is considered far more healthy; and on board ship the entire 1737 II, VI | trying to close, he cried, “Heaps of money! French money! 1738 I, XVII | say that they received the heartiest of welcomes. The Russian 1739 I, XVIII| characteristics of the German Jew, the heartless, wily usurer, the hardened 1740 II, VIII | of their humanity; their hearts, their hopes, were set upon 1741 I, V | he found that it was no heavier than a piece of petrified 1742 I, XXIII| not fail at times to weigh heavily upon the minds of all. Under 1743 I, XIX | accustomed to call the Jew by any Hebrew name that came uppermost 1744 I, XXI | turning contemptuously on his heel, Servadac left the old man 1745 II, XI | in fact, it had already heeled over to such an extent as 1746 II, XI | and all, they plowed their heels into the ice and came to 1747 I, IX | facilitate the movements of her helmsman, soon carried nothing but 1748 II, XVII | for so hard?”~“It can’t be helped,” said the captain, unmoved.~“ 1749 II, IV | side, ready to give her a helping hand whenever she was weary 1750 I, XVIII| pitiable countenance of their helpless victim, could not do otherwise 1751 II, XVI | threatening mischief. Heaven helps them that help themselves.”~“ 1752 I, V | extent. A soft and delicious herbage carpeted the soil, whilst 1753 I, VIII | approaching the constellation of Hercules at the rate of more than 1754 | hereupon 1755 I, XII | that ancient island, the heritage in succession of Phoenicians, 1756 I, XVII | in a preserved-meat tin, hermetically sealed, and stamped with 1757 I, II | lineal descendant of the heroes of ancient prowess; in a 1758 II, XVII | Dobryna’s medicine chest; with heroic fortitude he endured the 1759 | hers 1760 II, X | estimated by Sir William Herschel as scarcely 100 miles in 1761 I, VIII | as Phosphorus or Lucifer, Hesperus or Vesper, the evening star, 1762 II, V | temperature endurable.~“Hi! old Nebuchadnezzar, where 1763 I, V | lowering clouds that completely hid the sun. There were, indeed, 1764 I, XIX | echoed Isaac Hakkabut, with a hideous yell. “Do they expect to 1765 I, II | hobby-horse, and was indulging in high-flown praises about his beloved 1766 I, XVI | contrast to his general hilarity. Silent and tearful, he 1767 II, IV | resentment; but catching a hint from the count he subdued 1768 I, VI | quadrupeds into veritable hippogriffs. Happily, Servadac and his 1769 I, XXIII| melted by the fiery shower. Hissing and spluttering as the hot 1770 II, XVI | impossible. Ben Zoof has hit the right nail on the head; 1771 II, VII | almost new. They have been hoarded instead of circulated; accordingly, 1772 I, II | Ben Zoof had mounted his hobby-horse, and was indulging in high-flown 1773 I, XIX | of tea, bags of coffee, hogsheads of tobacco, pipes of wine, 1774 II, XI | to have it observed as a holiday.~“I do not think,” he said 1775 I, XX | new asteroid. Means for hollowing it failed them utterly. 1776 II, XIV | a little.”~“But, by the holy city, why does he make me 1777 I, XI | countrymen had paid the homage of a pious regard. The lamp 1778 I, XIX | seeing your country or your homes.”~He paused. The Spaniards 1779 I, VI | great as hitherto; their hoofs scarcely touched the ground, 1780 I, XX | silo being thus manifestly hopeless, there seemed nothing to 1781 I, XII | leeward. Fully alive to the hopelessness of their situation, the 1782 I, XVII | black hair, and small curved horns, and was a specimen of that 1783 I, VII | cannot be that the fire is hotter,” he said, “the peculiarity 1784 II, II | nothing, sir; only that hound of a Hakkabut says he wants 1785 II, X | passing over it like the hour-hand over a dial; at other times 1786 I, V | but the gourbi, like a house of cards destroyed by an 1787 I, XVIII| and Galette, comfortably housed there and in good condition.~ 1788 I, XVIII| very peculiar cloud was hovering over it, at an altitude 1789 I, V | propelling must equal those of a howitzer, for his stone, after a 1790 I, XIII | withdrew.~Of all the bombs, howitzers, and various species of 1791 II, XVII | Hakkabut began making a great hubbub when he found that they 1792 II, XII | the establishments of the Hudson’s Bay Company, such luxuries 1793 I, XXIII| possession of the pigeon, and was hugging it to her breast, said:~“ 1794 II, XIII | itself as equally prudent and humane.~Naturally the captain and 1795 I, XXIII| are an agglomeration of hummocks and icebergs, massed in 1796 I, XXIII| the daily diversions to hunt them down; but although 1797 I, XXII | would be a fine scope for hunting expeditions. Having this 1798 II, XVI | impact; of a shock that would hurl the comet straight on to 1799 I, XVIII| and other implements of husbandry that had been left upon 1800 II, V | answered the professor, as he hustled with hasty strides into 1801 I, I | living in a gourbi, or native hut, on the Mostaganem coast, 1802 I, XX | adventurers have to seek refuge in huts of wood and snow erected 1803 II, XVI | to be made.”~“But have we hydrogen enough to inflate a balloon?” 1804 I, XI | star-fish, sea-nettles, hydrophytes, and shells with which the 1805 I, XVI | after a fruitless search for Hyeres, the peninsula of St. Tropez, 1806 II, I | are variously parabolic, hyperbolic, or elliptic. If either 1807 II, X | Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Titan, Hyperion, and Japetusaccompany 1808 II, IX | that old Isaac was an utter hypocrite, he had no compunction in 1809 II, IX | Hakkabut, sidling up with a hypocritical smile; “I suppose I am to 1810 I, XVII | traveled by the planet (hypothet-ically called Gallia) had been 1811 I, XXIV | Except that the clouds of ice-dust raised by the metal runners 1812 I, XXIII| very remarkable. There, the ice-fields are an agglomeration of 1813 I, XXIV | the chance of digging out ice-huts like the Esquimaux.”~“As 1814 I, XX | convinced that he was right in identifying the position, and in believing 1815 I, II | imperturbable good humor those idiosyncrasies, which in a less faithful 1816 I, XXI | have made no charge; the idiots have piloted me here for 1817 I, XXII | had a wholesome dread of idleness and its consequences, and 1818 I, XVIII| where two men were stretched idly on the grass, one of them 1819 I, XXII | escaping. Nor were there any igneous stones or red-hot cinders 1820 I, XIV | relieve his pent-up feelings.~Ignoring this ebullition of the captain’ 1821 I, II | quartered, was uncomfortable and ill-contrived; he loved the open air, 1822 II, XI | continually invoking curses on the ill-fate of which he deemed himself 1823 II, I | observation, his outbreaks of ill-temper seldom lasted long.~“We 1824 I, XXIII| of the gulls that it was illegible. Servadac was wild with 1825 I, XVI | mournfully.~“Orbe fracto, spes illoesa,” continued the count—“Though 1826 I, XI | victim of some spectral illusion, he observed it with silent 1827 II, IV | June had now arrived;~[illustration omitted] [page intentionally 1828 I, XIX | and by introducing some illustrations from familiar things, he 1829 II, VII | realization of what the illustrious Maupertuis has already deemed 1830 II, XVII | like a dream; and the fair image that had been the cause 1831 I, X | that vanished city. All the images of his past life floated 1832 0, Int | us through the depths of immeasurable space, show us what astronomy 1833 I, VII | axis had been suddenly and immensely shifted; and from the fact 1834 II, III | some discovery which would immortalize his name.~The task he had 1835 I, XII | perpendicular walls.~Had she not immured herself in a perpetual prison?~ 1836 I, XV | have an orbit that must be immutable?”~“Decidedly it would, so 1837 I, VI | spot had its integrity been impaired. This was about twelve miles 1838 0, Int | closely he follows, and imparts to his readers, the scientific 1839 I, X | the high waves somewhat impeded her progress. Although only 1840 I, XXIII| them, but their instinct impelled them to haunt now the very 1841 II, VIII | probably prove the less imperative and self-willed master.~ 1842 I, XVI | which hitherto had been imperceptible without a telescope was 1843 I, VII | of which he had had an imperfect glimpse on the night of 1844 II, III | obliquely; if the comet had impinged perpendicularly, it must 1845 II, XVI | on which we are resident impinges on the earth, it stands 1846 I, XVIII| and sickles, and other implements of husbandry that had been 1847 I, XIX | excitement, he went on to implore that he might have the loan 1848 II, XIII | of Nerina.”~Conscious how impolitic it would be to press this 1849 I, XVIII| from his complaints and importunities.~When the Jew had retired, 1850 II, III | angry, and Servadac having imposed silence upon his orderly, 1851 I, XIV | asserted the colonel.~“An imposture!” shouted Servadac, as he 1852 I, I | captain’s poetical genius was impotent to carry him; his farther 1853 I, XXIV | who listened to him; the impracticability of the journey became more 1854 II, XVI | were simply dreadful; his imprecations on the accursed race were 1855 II, XIII | day in which they had been imprinted, and the only portion of 1856 II, XVIII| did not say a word, but imprinting a kiss upon its soft plumage, 1857 I, VIII | companion from their strange imprisonment; the governor general and 1858 II, II | saw you; I hope you have improved.”~“Quite a reformed character, 1859 I, V | the two men with an air of impudent defiance. This was too much 1860 II, XI | to endure the cold with impunity, making it their special 1861 II, XIII | timidly, “to cast the least imputation of inaccuracy upon any of 1862 II, III | declaring that there were inaccuracies in the previous geodesic 1863 II, XIII | the least imputation of inaccuracy upon any of your calculations, 1864 I, XVII | up while the yacht was so inadequately provisioned. Taking all 1865 I, XXIV | so low as to be almost inaudible, and the unfortunate man 1866 II, XII | existed somewhere in an incandescent state, and was still transmitting 1867 I, II | much-loved home, and so incessantly were Servadac’s ears besieged 1868 II, XIX | eavesdroppers, Ben Zoof incidentally referred to the experiences 1869 I, XVIII| the population. Without including the thirteen Englishmen 1870 II, XVIII| miles.~The velocity became inconceivably great, but the increased 1871 II, XVIII| basin of the Gallian Sea. An inconsiderable speck to the north marked 1872 II, XVII | his loss made him more inconsolable than ever. In sheer desperation, 1873 I, XXI | Finding the subordinates incorruptible, Isaac determined to go 1874 II, X | As the observer, however, increases his latitude either north 1875 II, XV | comet.”~The major smiled incredulously; but Servadac, nothing daunted, 1876 I, XI | catastrophe, it was felt to be incumbent on them at least to ascertain 1877 I, X | new orbit, but she is not incurring any probable risk of being 1878 II, XV | Captain Servadac, to what I am indebted for the honor of this visit?” 1879 I, XV | Here the sea made a decided indentation on the coast; it ran up 1880 II, V | contrast. The shore was indented with the marks of many footsteps 1881 I, II | loved the open air, and the independence of his life suited him well. 1882 I, V | that might be made by an india-rubber kangaroo. Ben Zoof was sure 1883 I, XV | Canal, the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific, the 1884 II, VII | hook of the steelyard, the indicator on the dial would register 1885 0, Int | translated as “The Black Indies,” “The Underground City,” 1886 I, XIII | colonization seems to be indigenous to the native character; 1887 II, XIX | vehement expressions of indignation, and reiterating his asseveration 1888 II, XV | Gibraltar, and their claim was indisputable. But the island of Ceuta, 1889 II, I | have become a part of their individuality. His nervous system was 1890 II, II | Spaniards were naturally too indolent to be affected in any way 1891 I, XV | then, did it all amount to? Indubitably, to less than 1,400 miles. 1892 I, VII | Zoof.~“Oh, I think we must indulge the hope that this catastrophe 1893 I, XIII | their rank to curtail any indulgences which might compromise the 1894 II, IX | for mercy. The captain was inexorable. “Very sorry, you know, 1895 II, XV | service, and it would be inexpedient to make use of the steam 1896 I, V | of cards destroyed by an infant’s breath, had completely 1897 I, II | leading a detachment of infantry through an intrenchment. 1898 I, XVIII| desperate thieves! those infernal birds! That’s what’s the 1899 II, VIII | Flammarion’s Recits de lInfini, of which he had a Russian 1900 II, XVI | proceed to consider the infinitely more serious alternative 1901 0, Int | attenuation, such almost infinitesimal mass as some of these celestial 1902 I, XV | planets, Gallia must be almost infinitesimally small, and so might be attracted 1903 I, XVII | upon a new planet into the infinitude of space. All difference 1904 I, XV | carried away into the vast infinity of space? or, on the other 1905 II, XVI | have we hydrogen enough to inflate a balloon?” asked the count.~“ 1906 II, XVII | which was necessary for inflating the balloon. Had the balloon 1907 I, I | avail. Hector Servadac was inflexible.~“No concession is possible,” 1908 II, XV | satellite, which was immediately influenced by the mass of its primary.~ 1909 I, V | when he receives a telegram informing him that his African colony 1910 I, XXIII| others of their species who infringed upon what they appeared 1911 I, VII | such as to promise a fine ingathering of wheat, maize, and rice; 1912 I, XV | said, “your explanation is ingenious, and accounts for many appearances; 1913 II, I | has been termed the age of ingratitude; for, in point of fact, 1914 II, XVI | means of a varnish, the ingredients of which were rummaged out 1915 I, XIX | only two were known to be inhabited: Gibraltar, where the thirteen 1916 0, Int | contact.~But once granted the initial and the closing extravagance, 1917 II, XVI | of this sort, and having initiated the Spaniards into its mysteries, 1918 I, I | Rossini has been deeply injured, and I cannot suffer the 1919 I, V | his body to perceive what injuries he had sustained, but not 1920 I, XIX | reams of paper, bottles of ink, boxes of lucifer matches, 1921 II, XV | Gascon. Ben Zoof had an inkling that his master was “up 1922 I, XII | shore, but no creek, no inlet, could be discerned in the 1923 I, V | completely subsided, and its two inmates lay motionless, buried under 1924 I, XXI | bee-hive perforated with innumerable cells; and in compliment 1925 II, III | at the same time cast an inquiring glance at the firmament, 1926 I, XV | note-book. The paper had an inscription written in four lines, which 1927 II, V | figures traced by aquatic insects upon the surface of a pool.~ 1928 II, XV | year and ten months, was insensibly recovering its hold upon 1929 I, XVII | lieutenant; “and as such I will insert it upon my new chart.”~“ 1930 II, XVII | Ignorance!” shouted Rosette.~“Insolence!” retorted Servadac.~Ben 1931 II, XVIII| continent; Turkey, like an insolent cock, appeared to clutch 1932 I, V | himself for long over any insoluble problem. “Come what may,” 1933 I, XXI | refused even to enter or inspect any of the galleries, and 1934 I, XIII | harmless in themselves, inspire some measure of respect, 1935 I, XXIII| largest whalers, and from the instability of their foundations liable 1936 II, XI | frost-bite, they almost instantly resumed their exercise, 1937 I, XXIII| to offer them, but their instinct impelled them to haunt now 1938 II, VIII | proof against the common instincts of their humanity; their 1939 II, XIX | one troubled himself to institute a search after him, and, 1940 I, VII | philosophy, he had been instructed, to a certain degree, in 1941 I, XXIII| athletics, almost outvied his instructor, the count; and Ben Zoof, 1942 I, XX | only fear was lest some insuperable wall of rock should suddenly 1943 I, XXII | ordinary pedestrian, would be insurmountable.~“Oh for some wings, or 1944 I, XIV | submerged; France is an integral portion of a solid continent. 1945 II, XIII | They provided a variety of intellectual pursuits; they instituted 1946 I, XV | to speak, Servadac smiled intelligently, anticipating the answer 1947 I, IV | came it that a radiance, intenser than the effulgence of the 1948 I, XV | all alive. There was the intensest interest awakened to determine 1949 I, XIII | chemical analysis. Without any intentional disparagement they might, 1950 II, XVI | mountain (for such to all intents and purposes Gallia would 1951 II, I | been traversing the remote inter-planetary regions. Palmyrin Rosette 1952 I, I | to an end by the formal interchange of the names of the disputants. 1953 I, XIV | rejoinder.~More bows were interchanged and the ceremony brought 1954 I, VIII | differently occupied, and their interests far otherwise engrossed. 1955 I, XIV | but he was on the point of interfering, when the colonel, in a 1956 II, X | 625 miles in breadth; the intermediate one, which is brighter than 1957 I, XVI | ice and snow, and reaching interminably to the far-off horizon? 1958 I, XXIII| influence, and liable to slight intermissions of their severity at various 1959 II, XVIII| Nature on the one hand, and international relations on the other, 1960 II, V | hindrance, Gallia continued its interplanetary course, accompanied by Nerina, 1961 I, XIX | Zoof was about again to interpose some angry exclamation; 1962 II, X | sun must occur through the interposition of this triple ring.~Truly, 1963 I, XV | meaning of all that cluster of interrogations after Gallia?” asked Servadac.~ 1964 II, V | Pray, gentlemen, do not interrupt me,” said the professor, 1965 I, XXII | afraid,” said the lieutenant, interrupting him, “that I cannot assume 1966 II, XVII | numbers of little rivulets intersected the pasture-land; new plants 1967 II, X | short summer that would intervene upon the long severity of 1968 I, VI | four or five miles that intervened between the gourbi and the 1969 I, XXII | of the Gallian Sea by the intervention of human agency. Notwithstanding 1970 II, XV | undeniably stealing over an intimacy which, though it could never 1971 II, III | Lieutenant Procope endeavored to intimate the general desire for some 1972 I, XXIV | concluding line, with its intimation of failing provisions, amounted 1973 II, XVI | plundered; in fact, he became so intolerably abusive, that Servadac threatened 1974 I, II | detachment of infantry through an intrenchment. They came to a place where 1975 II, XVI | his mind.~“I dont want to intrude,” observed Ben Zoof, “but 1976 I, XXIII| own special privilege in intruding within the limits of their 1977 I, XIII | to protect the territory intrusted to their guardianship.~English-like, 1978 I, XIII | lips, having, by a ready intuition, found a pretext for a double 1979 I, VI | and Mostaganem escaped the inundation? Could he bring himself 1980 0, Int | books. Not only does it invade a region more remote than 1981 I, VI | Mediterranean had merely invaded the region of the mouth 1982 I, XX | made again and again, but invariably with the same result; the 1983 I, II | flourished long before the invasion of the Celts; and its very 1984 I, XIV | poured out a torrent of angry invective against the English officers, 1985 II, XII | every item registered in an inventory as it was transferred to 1986 II, VII | product of their masses, and inversely proportional to the square 1987 I, XV | first thing to do before investigating its contents was to make 1988 II, XIII | capital in advantageous investments, or securing a proper interest.~ 1989 II, XII | it must be owned, was not inviting. The crater, it is true, 1990 II, I | eccentric, and at times very irascible, yet he was really exceedingly 1991 II, XVI | threatened to put him into irons unless he conducted himself 1992 II, XIV | suspicion that there was some irreconcilable discrepancy between the 1993 I, XIV | the aft-board. A sinuous irregularity of the coast had formed 1994 II, VIII | enthusiast as he was, should be irremovable from his observatory? Who 1995 II, XVIII| the cluster of her little islets; Sweden and Norway, with 1996 II, XVII | sanguine as to the successful issue of their enterprise. Captain 1997 I, VI | visible in any direction; no isthmus existed to form a connecting 1998 II, XII | insisted on having every item registered in an inventory 1999 II, XV | when all at once, like a “Jack-in-the-box,” a sentinel started up 2000 I, V | a particular aversion to jackals, perhaps because they had 2001 I, XVIII| Y una cana de Jerez,~Mi jamelgo y un trabuco,~Que mas gloria


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