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Jules Verne
Off on a Comet

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2002 I, XV | 1. ! Chemin parcouru de janv. a fev. 82,000,000 1. !! 2003 I, XIII | cap, which he wore poised jauntily over his right ear, and 2004 II, IX | board.~“Come, I say, old Jedediah, you are a long while making 2005 II, XIX | sententiously remarked, “Perhaps old Jehoram is making money in America 2006 I, XII | concealing the island of Jerba, which must lie behind. 2007 I, XVIII| y cigarro,~Y una cana de Jerez,~Mi jamelgo y un trabuco,~ 2008 II, IX | had been acting only in jest. Aware that old Isaac was 2009 I, XIX | Spaniards. “Your Excellency jests,” he said in French; and 2010 II, XVII | impossible, were perpetually jingling in his imagination. He labored 2011 I, VII | it was at full boil.~“By jingo!” he exclaimed, “a precious 2012 I, XIX | robbed of it.”~With this Job’s comfort the Jew had been 2013 I, XIV | to the apartment occupied jointly by himself and the major, 2014 II, IX | for a bit of fun. But the joke at an end, he took care 2015 I, XVI | the gulfs of Cannes and Jouar, the Dobryna arrived upon 2016 II, XI | newspapers and scientific journals of both hemispheres are 2017 I, V | with Count Timascheff.”~“By Jove! I had forgotten all about 2018 II, XI | than contented—it was as jovial as Ben Zoof could desire; 2019 I, XIV | was the first to speak.~“A joyful sight, gentlemen!” he exclaimed. “ 2020 I, VIII | and immediately hailed it joyfully, recognizing it as his own 2021 II, XVI | in a better position to judge whether we can successfully 2022 I, XXIII| there were no means of judging; the extent of diminution 2023 II, XVIII| tight-fitting boot, was juggling deftly with the islands 2024 I, V | captain; “I never saw such a jump.”~Meantime the jackal had 2025 I, XI | horizon was left of the Jurjura chain, the topmost point 2026 II, VI | however, was sufficient justification for the orderly’s conduct, 2027 I, XXI | and as Count Timascheff justly remarked, since it was the 2028 I, XVII | although he acknowledged the justness of these observations, could 2029 II, XVIII| extremity of the promontory that jutted out from the continent that 2030 II, VII | number of these coins in juxtaposition that the length of their 2031 I, VII | desert sea. “By the name of a Kabyle!” he broke out impatiently, “ 2032 II, IV | upon Melville Island, of Kane beyond latitude 81 degrees 2033 I, V | made by an india-rubber kangaroo. Ben Zoof was sure that 2034 I, XXIII| ice beveled away from the keels, so that there should be 2035 I, XVII | breeze tended to increase the keenness of the temperature, the 2036 II, VIII | which the old professor keeps pointed up at yonder big 2037 I, XII | cases of provisions and kegs of water to be brought on 2038 II, IX | waiting, but inclined to kick the old rascal out of his 2039 I, XXIII| Help, help! I shall be killed!”~Pablo in a moment recognized 2040 II, XIII | than ever, the expedient of killing the animals seemed to recommend 2041 II, XIII | reception had not been of the kindest, and they were little disposed 2042 II, III | professor spoke, he seemed to kindle with the emotion of such 2043 II, XI | that awakens afresh the kindliest sentiments of all? Besides,” 2044 II, III | coast might look to the kindling of the beacon, Rosette had 2045 I, XVI | Timascheff laid his hand kindly on the captain’s shoulder, 2046 II, XV | desire of doing an act of kindness to his fellow-creatures 2047 I, XIV | ancient tomb of one of the kings of France—”~“Louis the Ninth, 2048 I, XIII | officers had a servant, named Kirke, and a company of ten soldiers 2049 I, I | Mediterranean, as they softly kissed the strand, were tinged 2050 I, XVIII| hand and covered it with kisses. Instead, however, of uttering 2051 I, XXIV | provisions on our backs in knapsacks,” interposed Servadac, quickly, 2052 I, XIX | of lies!”~“Confound the knave!” exclaimed Ben Zoof; “he 2053 I, XII | Greeks, Arabians, and the knights of Rhodes, should still 2054 II, XVI | chimerical as you imagine.” And, knitting his brow, he proceeded to 2055 I, XXIV | inside. Servadac began to knock with all his might. No answer. 2056 I, X | certainly have made eleven knots an hour had not the high 2057 I, XVIII| other, they did not demur, knowing that they had not the slightest 2058 I, X | sites where Tenes, Cherchil, Koleah, and Sidi-Feruch once had 2059 II, XI | means of a few bottles of kummel. The company was more than 2060 II, XI | him that “to-day was the l25th of June, and that to-morrow 2061 II, X | upon the matter.~On the l5th of December, Gallia was 2062 I, XIV | said, “that you must be la-boring under some strange mistake. 2063 II, IX | fastened by strips of paper, labeled with the French government 2064 I, XVIII| Andalusian majos, agricultural laborers, and naturally as careless 2065 II, V | the skates had cut out a labyrinth of curves complicated as 2066 0, Int | imagination” is anything but lacking.~From the realistic side, 2067 I, XIX | consisted of nine men and a lad of twelve years of age, 2068 II, VI | drawers.~Back again, down the ladder, scrambled the little professor, 2069 I, XXI | successive days the Dobryna, laden to her very gunwale, made 2070 I, XVI | its sides—were of the same lamellous formation as the entire 2071 I, XX | to settle on a suitable landing-place. At length, a small semi-circular 2072 I, XVII | belonging to one of the landowners, when one day, all of a 2073 I, XVI | its rich and undulating landscape; its gardens of citrons 2074 I, VI | altered its aspect. Frequent landslips occurred, and in many places 2075 I, XXIV | ecstatic exclamations in other languages that had been remarkable 2076 II, XIII | seemed yielding to the common languor, the child became the life 2077 I, XVIII| ducks in thousands; snipe, larks, rooks, and swallows; a 2078 I, XII | that they were securely lashed to some empty barrels, to 2079 I, XXII | fits of passion, are not lasting; but here the calm flow 2080 II, IX | copper, while our money lasts, and when that is gone we 2081 I, XXI | anchor, before the great lateen sail of the tartan was unfurled, 2082 II, VII | course 3.93 inches long. A lath was then cut of this exact 2083 | latter 2084 II, XVI | happen, and can succeed in launching ourselves a sufficient time 2085 I, II | case. His true name was Laurent; he was a native of Montmartre 2086 II, XII | lapse of ages? Would not the lava-cinders exhumed from the extinct 2087 II, XII | for the stoppage of the lava-flow in this one particular spot, 2088 II, V | liquid by the heat of the lava-torrent, the two children led a 2089 I, XXI | opportunely and with so lavish a hand. By opening fresh 2090 I, XVIII| the birds: I mean those lazy beggars that are shirking 2091 I, XIII | full-sized shot, weighing 200 lbs., which, under ordinary 2092 0, Int | the noted Paris newspaper “Le Temps.” Its success did 2093 I, XVIII| recognized as a sort of leader; but although he was by 2094 II, XIII | downward direction. The three leaders, with Ben Zoof, made their 2095 II, V | of a life the misanthrope leads on board the Hansa.”~The 2096 II, XVIII| survive themselves.~Tearing a leaf from his note-book, he wrote 2097 II, XI | grotto. Lieutenant Procope leaned through the aperture. The 2098 II, XVIII| earth was Palmyrin Rosette. Leaning over the side of the car, 2099 I, V | they ran like hares and leaped like chamois. Leaving the 2100 I, XV | it proved to be a round leather telescope-case, about a 2101 I, VIII | course of a few days buds, leaves, flowers, and fruit had 2102 II, VII | perplexity, regarding the lecturer with much the same curiosity 2103 II, VII | was accustomed always in lecturing to watch the countenance 2104 II, XII | Above and below were a few ledges in the rock that would serve 2105 I, XII | only a. few short miles to leeward. Fully alive to the hopelessness 2106 I, VI | of the Mina, one of the left-hand affluents of the Shelif, 2107 II, XVIII| Italy, as it were a foot and leg encased in a tight-fitting 2108 I, VI | had no reason to fear any legal penalty.~In an hour and 2109 I, II | Decorations: Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, March 13th, 18—.~ 2110 II, IX | was properly paid all his legitimate due.~ 2111 I, XIII | was observed to draw up a lengthy document, which was no sooner 2112 I, XVI | peninsula of St. Tropez, the Lerius Islands, and the gulfs of 2113 I, II | Trelody in the district of Lesparre, department of the Gironde, 2114 I, XVI | rays of the sun, apparently lessened in its magnitude, cast only 2115 II, VI | steelyard. What do you say to letting us hire it?”~The Jew’s eyes 2116 I, XVIII| most of the harbors of the Levant. Careful to be always well 2117 I, XII | Maltese tartans or one of the Levantine xebecs that traffic so regularly 2118 I, XI | convulsion had caused a general leveling of the sea-bottom, and that 2119 I, I | appointed to make a local levy, he had been living in a 2120 II, XIX | provided, by the count’s liberality, with a competency that 2121 I, XI | ridge across the Straits of Libya. The sides of the ridge 2122 I, XVI | the most insignificant of lichens, could obtain no hold upon 2123 I, XV | examination of its exterior. The lid was fastened on by wax, 2124 I, VII | Zoof applying his mouth in lieu of bellows, and a bright 2125 I, XVIII| have hesitated to draw the life-blood of his creditors, if by 2126 I, V | buoyancy, which appeared to lift up their bodies and give 2127 II, IV | ventured to think.~Without lifting his eye from the diagram, 2128 II, V | of the future, the majos, light-hearted as ever, carolled out their 2129 I, IV | effulgence of the Northern Lights, overspread the firmament, 2130 I, V | bounds, which could only be likened to those that might be made 2131 II, II | hope it will be to your liking, old Ezekiel!” added Ben 2132 I, XVI | agglutination of yellow limestone which is characteristic 2133 I, IX | convexity, and the consequent limitation of the range of vision, 2134 I, VIII | Cassini, Short, Montaigne of Limoges, Montbarron, and some other 2135 I, II | of age, an orphan without lineage and almost without means. 2136 I, II | vine-dresser of Medoc— a lineal descendant of the heroes 2137 I, VII | failed to trace any of the lineaments, supposed to resemble a 2138 I, XXIV | erect a kind of wooden roof lined with strong cloth; beneath 2139 II, III | his triangle, he had to linger on the watch for the assistant2140 I, XIII | permission to speak.~After a lingering survey of the chess-board, 2141 I, VI | existed to form a connecting link with the territory of Tenes, 2142 II, XVIII| seemed like a splendid lion eager to spring down from 2143 I, XXI | Flic! floc! flac! lirette, lira!~ Far la rira,~Tour tala 2144 I, XXI | lyre! Flic! floc! flac! lirette, lira!~ Far la rira,~Tour 2145 II, II | cried the voices of the listeners.~“You are correct to a certain 2146 I, II | it than himself, that his literary attainments were by no means 2147 I, XIX | almanacs and miscellaneous literature. At a rough guess the value 2148 II, VI | indispensable of my means of livelihood? How should I weigh my merchandise 2149 I, I | Come in! come in! you’ll not repent The entrance 2150 I, XIII | was on the point of being loaded for the last time, when 2151 I, VI | and if you can.”~Nothing loath to avail himself of his 2152 I, I | been appointed to make a local levy, he had been living 2153 I, XV | to give a clue as to the locality in which it had been committed 2154 I, XXI | satisfaction at finding themselves located in such comfortable quarters. 2155 II, VI | room below. Hakkabut was locking away the gold in one of 2156 II, XIV | tear away at the scanty locks which he could ill afford 2157 I, XXIII| become a very useful means of locomotion. As Captain Servadac remarked, 2158 I, XX | present the Spaniards were lodged, the Russians retaining 2159 I, III | matter either of board or lodging. After dinner, leaving his 2160 I, X | completely? Would not the loftiest eminences of the city at 2161 I, V | eucalyptus, and from his lofty perch was surveying the 2162 II, IV | roared the captain; “this is logic with a vengeance!”~The old 2163 II, XII | period of our sojourn in this lone world of ours; our preserved 2164 II, XIII | visits, consequently, to the long-neglected galleries of Nina’s Hive 2165 II, III | any light upon that? they longed to inquire, but did not 2166 II, VIII | determination of terrestrial longitudes.”~“It must be a wonderful 2167 I, III | EFFUSIONS~Composed of mud and loose stones, and covered with 2168 II, IX | mean honorable, and his lordship the count is honorable; 2169 II, IX | money, if he would not be a loser; he hoped, moreover, that 2170 II, XII | such a pitiable series of losses befallen an unfortunate 2171 II, XVII | tongue!” cried the captain, louder than ever.~“What has mass 2172 I, XI | horizon, Captain Servadac was lounging moodily against the taffrail. 2173 I, I | in all simplicity;~Lover, loving honestly,~Offer I myself 2174 I, XII | for not only would that low-lying shore be quite invisible 2175 II, IV | Notwithstanding, then, the extreme lowness of the temperature, the 2176 I, II | indomitable courage were all loyally devoted to his master’s 2177 II, IV | be able to transact some lucrative business.~Such in his solitude 2178 II, V | snow-white prickles, were truly ludicrous. The little professor, most 2179 I, XVII | the glow of the dazzling luminaries, appeared literally stippled 2180 I, XXIII| at a time, and that her lunation would be accomplished within 2181 I, XXI | that all along there was a lurking gleam of satisfaction in 2182 I, XXI | Misti goth dar dar tire lyre! Flic! floc! flac! lirette, 2183 II, VI | in asserting that such a machine would register results quite 2184 II, XIV | is rushing about like a madman, screeching and yelling ‘ 2185 I, XVII | referred to her as “the little Madonna.”~Soon out of sight of Madalena, 2186 I, XV | the very spot upon which Madrid had stood. But as hitherto 2187 I, IX | Timascheff was, no doubt, magnanimously coming to the rescue of 2188 I, XVIII| iron is attracted by the magnet, so was this Shylock attracted 2189 I, X | effect upon the compass; the magnetic needle, which in these regions 2190 II, X | important contribution to the magnificence of the nights upon Saturn 2191 I, XXI | yonder mountain.”~“God and Mahomet have mercy on me!” muttered 2192 I, XVII | scrutiny of the pretty maiden, he added:~“Tell us your 2193 0, Int | evil omen, and the “fire maidens” of the ruined castle, surely 2194 II, XV | Admiralty still awaits the mail.”~“But allow me to repeat,” 2195 I, IX | course, she first struck her mainsail, and, in order to facilitate 2196 II, VII | hall with an air almost majestic, and was already on his 2197 I, XV | vestige could be traced of Majorca, Minorca, or any of the 2198 I, XV | penetrate; there was no maker’s name to be deciphered; 2199 I, XV | right away to Alicante. Malaga, Almeria, Cape Gata, Car-thagena. 2200 I, XIV | Servadac, with a sort of malicious triumph.~The officers were 2201 I, XII | sight either of one of the Maltese tartans or one of the Levantine 2202 I, XVIII| Hakkabut would be difficult to manage, but considered there could 2203 II, II | from Europe!”~“Well, old Manasseh, what if he has?”~“I should 2204 I, XIII | proceedings. The gun was maneuvered in strict accordance with 2205 I, XII | speculate upon the object of his maneuvers, he shouted again, “Look 2206 II, XIII | had adhered so well and so manfully to their post.~It did, indeed, 2207 II, VI | and by a little skillful manipulation he soon succeeded in getting 2208 0, Int | twice into collision without mankind in general, or even our 2209 I, XVII | we shall show them better manners when they condescend to 2210 I, XXIII| en passant.~Vivres vont manquer et . . .”~The rest of the 2211 I, XVI | remnant of some sumptuous mansion that once had stood on this 2212 II, V | covered with the unsullied mantle of snow that had fallen 2213 I, XIII | rules of “The Artilleryman’s Manual,” and the firing commenced.~ 2214 II, XIII | extracts from the elementary manuals of science, or from the 2215 I, XII | revealed shore upon the maps, announced that it had ceased 2216 I, XI | had vanished utterly; its marabouts, or temple-tombs, shaded 2217 I, XIII | to the right-about, they marched away, leaving the officers 2218 II, XVIII| them. There was England, marching like some stately dame towards 2219 I, VI | simultaneously got astride his mare Galette, named after the 2220 I, X | only to prove it barren of marine production of any type.~ 2221 I, IV | eye of the most practiced mariner could not distinguish between 2222 II, VIII | were very distinct in their markings. Those immediately north 2223 II, V | shore was indented with the marks of many footsteps left by 2224 II, XIX | people’s happiness in no way marred by the fact that they had 2225 II, XIX | young Spaniard united in marriage to the Italian, now grown 2226 II, XIX | his mouth; “the lady is married long ago; you did not suppose 2227 I, XXI | fatherland? What if his marts for business were gone for 2228 II, XVI | time for condolence.~A new marvel arrested every eye. A fresh 2229 I, XVIII| jamelgo y un trabuco,~Que mas gloria puede haver?”~ Servadac2230 II, XVI | huge block collapsed en masse, so that on the following 2231 I, XIII | floated at the head of yonder mast was the blue cross of Russia.~ 2232 II, XI | Negrete and the Spaniards, now masters of their novel exercise, 2233 I, XVIII| commerce, from a lucifer match to the radiant fabrics of 2234 I, XIX | of ink, boxes of lucifer matches, blocks of salt, bags of 2235 I, II | and trooper’s tales he was matchless.~Thoroughly appreciating 2236 I, XX | their muscular force as materially facilitated all their labors.~ 2237 I, XI | singular construction, its materials consisting mainly of vases, 2238 II, IV | Breathing time, indeed! A mathematician should not want breathing 2239 I, I | Servadac made his way towards Matmore, the military quarter, and 2240 I, III | he called his “good oak mattress,” he would sleep soundly 2241 I, XIII | a step without the most mature consideration, that even 2242 I, VIII | and fruit had come to full maturity. It was the same with the 2243 II, VII | of what the illustrious Maupertuis has already deemed probable,” 2244 I, XVI | present at least, let our maxim be Nil desperandum!”~ 2245 I, VII | equator.~Lost in bewildering maze of thought, he gazed long 2246 I, VII | sufficiently substantial meal. The stove was ready for 2247 I, XI | clouds, his eye wandered mechanically to the waters below, where 2248 II, I | restoratives from the Dobryna’s medical stores powerful enough, 2249 II, XVII | he found in the Dobryna’s medicine chest; with heroic fortitude 2250 II, IX | to the remark, and only meditated upon the means he could 2251 II, IX | Isaac began to pour out a medley of lamentations and petitions 2252 II, XIII | England would have full meed of praise to award to the 2253 II, VI | man folded his hands in meek resignation.~“The fellow 2254 I, XV | To my mind the theory meets all objections.”~“I think 2255 I, XVII | and in a voice, soft and melodious as the language which she 2256 I, XXI | noonday sun was unable to melt. And if haste were necessary, 2257 II, XVI | to be transformed, as the melting of the snow continued, into 2258 II, II | that had happened since the memorable night of the thirty-first 2259 I, XI | had been kindled at the memorial shrine of a saint was now 2260 II, I | permanent impression on their memories; during the year at the 2261 I, VI | the important village of Memounturroy; but of this, too, there 2262 I, XII | terrific speed towards the menacing precipices, which were only 2263 I, XVI | reached beyond Monaco and Mentone to the Italian height of 2264 II, XV | Hakkabut had entered upon his mercantile career, his dealings had 2265 I, XV | it embraced more than the merest fraction of either France 2266 I, XVII | of nationality, must be merged into the one thought that, 2267 I, XXI | entertainment passed off merrily. The Spaniards were in the 2268 I, XVII | resembles. But the beacon of Messina was not to be discerned; 2269 II, XVIII| asteroid, but like a dim meteor. It was the fragment that 2270 I, VII | back upon the world, could meteorological phenomena have been developed 2271 I, XVII | the August and November meteors; in fact, Gallia was passing 2272 I, X | any traces of the Algerian metropolis.~“Is it not impossible,” 2273 I, XVIII| cigarro,~Y una cana de Jerez,~Mi jamelgo y un trabuco,~Que 2274 0, Int | World in Eighty Days” and “Michael Strogoff” have been obliterated 2275 I, XXII | upon any of these miniature microcosms.~The first night in Nina’ 2276 II, XVI | and remain suspended in mid-air until the shock of the collision 2277 II, XVII | it should come down in mid-ocean, nothing but the happy chance 2278 I, XX | dimensions, and although at midday some faint radiance and 2279 II, XVII | cracked like a dry nut; and mightnt one as well live upon 2280 II, VIII | a sub-satellite, of that mighty world; thirdly, that it 2281 I, XXI | Birds, indeed, that had migrated in search of warmer shores, 2282 II, VIII | untraversed regions of the milky way. The rest of the community, 2283 II, XIX | certified approach of the millennium.~“Nobody expects us,” said 2284 | million 2285 II, XVI | the concussion.”~“Regular mincemeat!” said Ben Zoof, whom no 2286 I, XIII | starvation. Their island was mined with subterranean stores, 2287 II, XII | residuum of ancient forests mineralized by the lapse of ages? Would 2288 I, XXII | pumice-stones, obsidians, and other minerals of volcanic origin with 2289 0, Int | The sketches of mines and miners, their courage and their 2290 I, XV | could be traced of Majorca, Minorca, or any of the group, and 2291 II, XIX | professor; an unimportant minority declared themselves in his 2292 I, XXII | mountains which have been so minutely delineated in lunar charts, 2293 II, VIII | will prove correct to the minutest particular.”~Ben Zoof here 2294 II, V | what kind of a life the misanthrope leads on board the Hansa.”~ 2295 I, XV | They could be under no misapprehension as to the distance they 2296 I, XV | for a certain margin of miscalculation, the main fact remained 2297 I, XIX | collection of almanacs and miscellaneous literature. At a rough guess 2298 I, XIV | Russian must submit to the mischance.~This was too much for Count 2299 II, V | And what’s more,” he added mischievously, “you wont get them anywhere.”~ 2300 I, XIX | the orderly, “they are so miserably ignorant they would be sure 2301 I, XIV | The discussion over this mishap led to mutual recriminations, 2302 | miss 2303 I, XIV | as he was in an important mission as a staff-officer in Algeria—”~“ 2304 I, XVIII| interposed Ben Zoof, “you are mistaking the state of the case altogether. 2305 I, XXI | than by this virtuoso:~“Misti goth dar dar tire lyre! 2306 I, X | separated the rich plain of the Mitidja from the sea, and of which 2307 II, XV | approaching collision could be mitigated.~The count and the lieutenant 2308 I, XX | inadequate to effect any sensible mitigation of the severity of the cold. 2309 II, IX | complete your contract.”~And, moaning and groaning, the miserable 2310 II, III | always deemed the safest mode of procedure to assume the 2311 I, I | to call a rondo, upon a model of versification all but 2312 II, XVIII| earth appeared as though modelled in relief.~Twenty-seven 2313 II, XIV | the temperature had so far moderated that it could scarcely be 2314 II, III | but, in consequence of the modifications which that shock has entailed 2315 I, I | matter your views cannot modify mine.”~“But allow me to 2316 I, XII | sharpness of its angles, or in modifying the color of its surface; 2317 I, XII | though fresh from a founder’s mold, glittered with the metallic 2318 II, XII | reduced to the existence of moles, with the difference that 2319 II, XIII | task in silence and without molestation. So readily did Servadac 2320 II, IV | would not permit him to be molested in retaining his property, 2321 I, IV | overspread the firmament, and momentarily dimmed the splendor of the 2322 I, XXIII| immediately after allowing a momentary draught of cold air to penetrate 2323 I, XXI | ripette!~Si vous attrapez mon refrain,~Fameux vous etes.”~ 2324 I, XVI | Alps and reached beyond Monaco and Mentone to the Italian 2325 I, V | Meantime, with the agility of a monkey, Ben Zoof had clambered 2326 II, X | quarters was felt to be monotonous and depressing, and although 2327 0, Int | which Verne confers upon his monster so as to give his travelers 2328 I, II | feet to make it as high as Mont Blanc?”~Ben Zoof’s eyes 2329 I, VIII | such as Cassini, Short, Montaigne of Limoges, Montbarron, 2330 I, VIII | Short, Montaigne of Limoges, Montbarron, and some other astronomers 2331 I, VI | vestige of the little town of Montenotte; like Tenes, of which not 2332 II, XIII | careful note of Rosette’s monthly announcements of the comet’ 2333 I, XI | obeisance to the venerated monument.~It was, in truth, the very 2334 I, XIV | Servadac was just in the mood to take Panofka’s part, 2335 I, XI | Captain Servadac was lounging moodily against the taffrail. From 2336 II, VIII | has the benefit of four moons all shining at once?” asked 2337 I, IX | whether there was any suitable mooring towards which he might signal 2338 I, XIX | leave her in her present moorings; without loss of time she 2339 II, XV | the question began to be mooted whether it would not be 2340 I, V | African colony has become, not morally, but physically disorganized; 2341 I, III | mind. The prospects of the morrow offered serious matter for 2342 II, XIV | was the most miserable of mortals. If really his calculations 2343 I, V | and rapid, like that of a mountaineer when he has reached an altitude 2344 II, VII | performances of a traveling mountebank at a fair in Montmartre; 2345 II, VII | silver, or copper, are multiples or measures; they knew, 2346 I, XV | was plausible; but what a multitude of bewildering speculations 2347 II, XIII | numerous did they become that multitudes of them had repeatedly to 2348 II, I | You idiot!—those were mummies; they had been dead for 2349 I, XVII | eyes, beautiful as one of Murillo’s angels, was peeping shyly 2350 I, XV | whoever wrote it had no murmuring or complaint to make, but 2351 I, VIII | clenched teeth and contracted muscles; then, in a voice of real 2352 I, I | marry, and the tenor of his muse was intended to prove that 2353 I, XXII | bewilder the savants at a museum.”~“And do you observe, captain,” 2354 I, XVIII| strangers they paused in their music, and simultaneously the 2355 I, XXI | re-echo like a volley of musketry.~Reaching the mouth of the 2356 II, XV | Captain Servadac gnawing his mustache with mingled rage and mortification.~“ 2357 I, XIII | names were missing from the muster-roll.~The island itself, the 2358 II, XVII | the astronomer with the mutilation of his little comet. A fine 2359 I, XIII | remained. This was a cumbrous muzzle-loader of 9-inch caliber, and, 2360 I, VIII | the earth, shivered into a myriad atoms, would be lost in 2361 I, XXII | to be bristling with its myriads of hexagonal lamellae, and 2362 I, XVII | here and there with a few myrtle-bushes and lentisks, interspersed 2363 II, XVI | Ben Zoof has hit the right nail on the head; we must try 2364 I, XII | the bottom.~The extreme nakedness of the entire tract was 2365 | namely 2366 II, XIV | scanned his countenance narrowly, and was about to probe 2367 II, XIV | A pound of coffee, old Nathan? I can’t say.”~“Why not? 2368 I, VIII | coast, but vessels of all nations were constantly cruising 2369 II, XVII | The sea had now become navigable, and three voyages were 2370 I, XVII | or, like themselves, was navigating the waters of the new Mediterranean. 2371 I, XX | feet below the surface, the navvies came in contact with a hard 2372 I, X | had entered the imperial navy, and had already reached 2373 II, I | spectacles such as with many near-sighted people seems to have become 2374 II, IV | aphelion and increasing as they neared the perihelion.~It was on 2375 II, V | temperature endurable.~“Hi! old Nebuchadnezzar, where are you?” shouted 2376 II, X | ring-system is a remnant of the nebula from which Saturn was himself 2377 II, VIII | sun, issued from the solar nebulosity, thousands of millions of 2378 I, XX | the subject of the dire necessities which only too manifestly 2379 I, VII | his Excellency is grossly negligent!”~Although the days and 2380 II, XIV | inquired Hakkabut.~“Why, Nehemiah, he says he shant give 2381 II, VIII | can about this formidable neighbor.”~The lieutenant having 2382 II, VIII | formation are they found to be. Neptune, situated 2,746,271,000 2383 II, XIV | Gallia?” he inquired, still nervously.~“Gallia, of course, is 2384 II, XVIII| carrier-pigeon which was nestling in her bosom.~The child’ 2385 II, XVII | been duly covered with the netting, and was ready at any moment 2386 II, XVII | befallen his telescope was a never-ending theme of complaint; and 2387 I, XXII | to be a satellite of the new-born world?~“Impossible!” said 2388 I, XVIII| had gathered it from the new-comers. He wound up his recital 2389 I, XII | the appearance of singular newness that pervaded the whole 2390 0, Int | feuilleton” by the noted Paris newspaper “Le Temps.” Its success 2391 II, V | said Nina; “but it is much nicer here—I am so happy here. 2392 II, XVII | cried the Jew.~“Now, old Nicodemus, listen to me,” interposed 2393 I, X | engineer, four sailors named Niegoch, Tolstoy, Etkef, and Panofka, 2394 I, V | the front of the legs. At night-time, when they scour the country 2395 I, III | Nothing, sir, only the nightmare.”~“Curse the fellow, he 2396 I, XVII | strangers, the goat ran nimbly towards them, and then, 2397 II, X | requires something less than nineteen centuries for light to reach 2398 I, XII | that its normal distance of ninety-one millions of miles was greatly 2399 I, XIV | kings of France—”~“Louis the Ninth, I presume,” observed the 2400 I, XI | schooner, like a second Noah’s ark, carried the sole 2401 II, XIV | Count Timascheff, a Russian nobleman, was evidently rich; to 2402 I, XVIII| orderly, by a significant nod, made his master understand 2403 I, XIII | though by some significant nods towards the major, he indicated 2404 I, XXII | which the contents were noiselessly escaping. Nor were there 2405 I, XVIII| resistance, and compelled him, nolens volens, to join in the dance; 2406 I, III | better than the tents of the nomad Arabs, was yet far inferior 2407 II, V | fuel, and it was only the non-conducting layer of ice enveloping 2408 II, XVII | The professor, completely nonplussed, was left alone.~Thirteen 2409 I, VIII | attention called to Venus at noon, and immediately hailed 2410 I, XXI | already forming which the noonday sun was unable to melt. 2411 I, XXIV | put with her head to the northeast and Captain Servadac, in 2412 II, XVIII| little islets; Sweden and Norway, with their bristling spine 2413 0, Int | issued in “feuilleton” by the noted Paris newspaper “Le Temps.” 2414 I, XVII | and was marked by only one noticeable incident. This was the finding 2415 I, V | philosophic indifference, his notions of military duty caused 2416 I, XXIII| had anything in the way of nourishment to offer them, but their 2417 II, XVI | You hardly find them in novels. Balloon, indeed!”~“Listen 2418 | nowhere 2419 I, XXIII| became such an intolerable nuisance that it formed one of the 2420 II, X | fifteen digits.~The hard numerical statement of these enormous 2421 II, II | constituted himself sick nurse, and considered his reputation 2422 I, XX | the little Italian girl, nurtured in sunshine, ice was beginning 2423 II, XVII | It had cracked like a dry nut; and mightn’t one as well 2424 II, XIV | professor assented. “Coffee is nutritious; it warms the blood. How 2425 I, III | what he called his “good oak mattress,” he would sleep 2426 II, XVI | would be impossible. His oaths were simply dreadful; his 2427 I, XI | and made a reverential obeisance to the venerated monument.~ 2428 I, XII | of gigantic pyramids and obelisks.~But what struck the explorers 2429 II, X | lieutenant felt under any serious obligation to make any extensive provisions 2430 II, I | they were careful not to obliterate; and the papers, which consisted 2431 0, Int | Michael Strogoff” have been obliterated by centuries of time. At 2432 II, XV | so completely buried in oblivion for the last year and ten 2433 II, II | overwhelm him with the most obsequious epithets. Without vouchsafing 2434 II, XI | by appropriate religious observance by everyone in the community, 2435 II, XI | excitement in all the chief observatories.”~“Ay, more than that,” 2436 I, VIII | of the most indifferent observers, here revealed herself with 2437 I, XXII | absence of the pumice-stones, obsidians, and other minerals of volcanic 2438 I, I | of versification all but obsolete. This rondo, it is unnecessary 2439 II, XI | of secluding himself more obstinately than ever in the gloomy 2440 I, XII | elements had conspired to obstruct her progress. A furious 2441 II, XVI | our success. One instant’s obstruction and stoppage in our passage, 2442 II, XI | quite imagine that we are occasioning no small excitement in all 2443 I, I | fortnight Servadac had not been occupying his proper lodgings in the 2444 II, XVI | whatever place the concussion occurs, we must be either crushed, 2445 II, XVIII| more somber indicating the oceans that absorbed the solar 2446 I, I | to conceal, was to be an ode addressed to a young widow 2447 II, IV | themselves upon being rid of his odious presence.~As already stated 2448 II, IV | small stream of lava, an off-shoot of the great torrent, sufficed 2449 II, II | that door immediately.”~“No offense, my lord, I hope,” stammered 2450 II, V | for concerting measures offhand to prevent the disaster, 2451 I, XII | with the same result so oftentimes obtained before.~“The devastation 2452 I, XVIII| taken for at least ten years older. Small and skinny, with 2453 I, V | made his way through the oleander bushes that overhung the 2454 I, XVII | interspersed with some ancient olives. Having ascertained, as 2455 0, Int | characters, the alpha and omega of his tale, how closely 2456 0, Int | Harfang,” bird of evil omen, and the “fire maidens” 2457 II, VII | Gallia would only have been one-fifteenth instead of one-seventh of 2458 II, IV | would be approximately about one-sixteenth of the diameter of the earth.”~ 2459 I, XXII | its superficies was hardly one-tenth as large, and so feebly 2460 I, XV | miles and a half; thence onward to the island, which they 2461 II, XII | the hot lava seemed to be oozing, as it were, out of the 2462 II, XVIII| away in the northwest, in opposition to the sun, floated a new 2463 II, VIII | brilliant; the fourth was orange, at times approaching to 2464 I, XVI | shook his head mournfully.~“Orbe fracto, spes illoesa,” continued 2465 II, VIII | magnificent amongst the heavenly orbs.~As the comet approached 2466 I, VI | continuous rich and luxuriant orchard along their path. The district 2467 II, XVII | government which I please to ordain.”~“And who told you that 2468 I, XIII | in default of the smaller ordnance generally employed for the 2469 I, XI | Bizerta, once charming in its oriental beauty, had vanished utterly; 2470 II, XV | with celestial phenomena, originating entirely in the frailty 2471 II, XVI | Procope had thus become the originator; but the very existence 2472 I, XX | being propelled, on the Oriolle system, by means of a boiler, 2473 I, XI | the walls of which were ornamented in the Arabian style by 2474 I, II | thirty years of age, an orphan without lineage and almost 2475 II, VII | to the hook; the needle oscillated, and stopped. “Read it off!” 2476 II, VI | precious steelyard with ostentatious care. It was of an ordinary 2477 II, I | smooth and shiny as an ostrich’s egg, no beard unless the 2478 II, IV | apparel. A daily course of out-door exercise was enforced upon 2479 II, I | without observation, his outbreaks of ill-temper seldom lasted 2480 II, XVIII| developed itself into definite outlines. Mountains and plains were 2481 I, XXIII| about a series of changes outrivaling the most elaborate transformation 2482 I, XXIII| recognized the voice as Nina’s. Outrunning even Ben Zoof he hurried 2483 I, XXIV | States they had been known to outvie the speed of an express 2484 I, XXIII| adept in athletics, almost outvied his instructor, the count; 2485 I, XXIII| realms of space.~With the over-clouding of the heavens there arose 2486 II, XVI | are at the disposal of an over-ruling Providence; human precautions 2487 I, XXIII| changed. The sky became overcast, but there was no rise in 2488 I, XIX | add, “provided you do not overcharge me.”~Ben Zoof was about 2489 I, XXIV | governor and protector, and overcoming his reluctance to be left 2490 I, XXIII| effect of this continuously overhanging gloom should be to induce 2491 I, V | spoke, he pointed directly overhead to where a faint white disc 2492 I, XIX | was consequently unable to overhear the conversation. He went 2493 II, XVIII| at hand, but imagination overleaped all consideration of danger; 2494 I, XX | an indication, not to be overlooked, that the substance of which 2495 II, XVI | shock of the collision is overpast.”~Count Timascheff reflected 2496 II, IX | the phenomenon, but he was overpowered by the conviction that the “ 2497 I, XXII | uniform gentleness, quietly overran the limits of the crater, 2498 I, XX | gourbi, and with Ben Zoof as overseer, both Spanish majos and 2499 II, VIII | and contentment were both overshadowed by the certainty that the 2500 I, IV | of the Northern Lights, overspread the firmament, and momentarily 2501 I, V | felt that he could have overstepped Montmartre at a single stride.


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