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Jules Verne
Off on a Comet

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3504 I, XVII | the coast making a wide sweep round to the former position 3505 II, XIII | the grim cavern like the sweet notes of a bird; her gay 3506 I, I | place Reveals your future sweetheart’s face.’”~“Bosh!” cried 3507 II, IX | that he had no intention of swerving from his decision.~“Merciful 3508 I, XXIV | a motive power surer and swifter than horses.”~“What do you 3509 II, VIII | telescope, and you shall swing for it!”~The orderly looked 3510 I, I | and after all, you know, a sword-cut need not be a very serious 3511 I, I | had of course proposed swords as the most appropriate 3512 I, XVIII| themselves near a grove of sycamores and eucalyptus massed in 3513 II, I | covered with algebraical symbols traced in chalk, which they 3514 I, XXII | an enormous block rising symmetrically to a height of nearly 3, 3515 I, VIII | part of the Mediterranean systematically frequented by the government 3516 II, X | of another, what various systems might he not have explored! 3517 I, XXIII| only four days to pass from syzygy to quadrature, and it was 3518 I, XVIII| more than the rest, was tacitly recognized as a sort of 3519 II, XVII | worst of tempers. Generally taciturn and morose, he was more 3520 I, XXIV | difficulty; a system of tacking might be carried out to 3521 II, III | round the sun. With as much tact and caution as he could, 3522 I, XVIII| Smiling at his orderly’s tactics, Servadac turned to Hakkabut, 3523 I, XI | lounging moodily against the taffrail. From the heaven above, 3524 II, XV | sooner the better, with our tails between our legs,” rejoined 3525 I, XXI | lira!~ Far la rira,~Tour tala rire,~Tour la Ribaud,~Ricandeau,~ 3526 II, XV | regiment going into action, he talked wildly about “columns” and “ 3527 II, III | rejoined Rosette, sharply; “who talks of getting back? We have 3528 I, XIII | of age; both of them were tall and fair, with bushy whiskers 3529 II, I | calculated the diminution of her tangential speed; but there was nothing 3530 II, XVI | acknowledge that nothing tangible had hitherto presented itself 3531 I, XXI | walls of the apartment were tapestried with the sails and adorned 3532 I, XIII | that succor was somewhat tardy in making its appearance. 3533 I, XII | either of one of the Maltese tartans or one of the Levantine 3534 I, XIX | quickly to their separate tasks. The captain and his friends, 3535 I, V | he had even forgotten to taste so much as a crust of bread, 3536 I, V | exclaimed, as soon as he had tasted it. “The sea has undoubtedly 3537 I, XIII | officers, with their similar tastes, ideas, and dispositions, 3538 I, VIII | senses. The fixed stars taught him nothing.~Far otherwise 3539 II, XVII | Zoof. The orderly had been taunting the astronomer with the 3540 I, XIX | sugar-loaves by hundreds, chests of tea, bags of coffee, hogsheads 3541 II, XIV | head in both his hands, and tear away at the scanty locks 3542 I, XVI | general hilarity. Silent and tearful, he stood upon an ice-bound 3543 II, XVIII| should survive themselves.~Tearing a leaf from his note-book, 3544 II, VII | this case, however, it was technical ignorance, rather than any 3545 I, VIII | he thought, must now be teeming to the newspapers! What 3546 I, V | will say when he receives a telegram informing him that his African 3547 II, XV | Colonel Murphy has just telegraphed his next move. Allow me 3548 I, XV | the total cessation of all telegraphic communication between her 3549 I, XIV | But do not the Italian telegraphs assist you?” continued the 3550 II, XII | friend, courage! Something tells me that this cessation of 3551 II, X | it was ill suited to the temperaments of any of themselves for 3552 I, VIII | regions; not a cloud ever tempered the intensity of the solar 3553 I, XI | utterly; its marabouts, or temple-tombs, shaded by magnificent palms 3554 II, I | seemed to adhere to the temples of his patient; but he now 3555 I, XX | reflection that he had been temporarily invested with the full powers 3556 0, Int | noted Paris newspaper “Le Temps.” Its success did not equal 3557 II, XVI | project. The scheme seems tenable; and I shall be ready to 3558 II, I | spectacles in spite of the tenacity with which they seemed to 3559 I, XXI | Island was now left to the tenancy of such birds and beasts 3560 II, XVII | the luxuriant foliage was tenanted by the birds which had flown 3561 I, X | all sons of the count’s tenants, and so tenaciously, even 3562 I, XXIII| which she was caressing tenderly in her bosom.~“A pigeon!” 3563 II, V | spring-balance, dependent upon mere tension or flexibility, the attraction 3564 I, IV | as though it were but a tenth part of its ordinary distance 3565 I, III | a grade better than the tents of the nomad Arabs, was 3566 I, III | in what he was pleased to term the “cupboard of his stomach.” 3567 II, IV | The interview would often terminate in a scene of considerable 3568 I, VI | shore which here abruptly terminated their new domain, not far 3569 I, X | of a city that had been terraced like the seats of an amphitheater. 3570 II, XIII | about our moon as those terrestrials“— and he curled his lip 3571 I, XII | storm), was drifting with terrific speed towards the menacing 3572 II, V | once with a steelyard and a tested kilogramme?”~The audience 3573 I, XIV | reckonings; and not only can I testify that Malta has disappeared, 3574 II, IV | eyes?” said the professor, testily. “If you will look you will 3575 I, XVI | its sad and too convincing testimony that Antibes itself had 3576 II, X | satellitesMimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Titan, Hyperion, 3577 I, XVIII| French, marked by a strong Teutonic accent, “Oh, my lord governor, 3578 II, XVI | away in the Hive, were of a texture unusually close, and quite 3579 I, XVII | shake any more, she had thanked the great God, and had soon 3580 II, XII | object of exploration, and thankful enough they were to find 3581 | thee 3582 II, XIII | contemptuous emphasis—“know of theirs?”~“I beg pardon,” said the 3583 | thereupon 3584 I, XX | mercury and spirit in the thermometers would be congealed. Some 3585 II, V | this, as the crust of ice thickens, it forces everything upwards 3586 II, XI | envelop themselves in the thickest of clothing.~Full of spirits, 3587 II, X | as scarcely 100 miles in thickness, must have the appearance 3588 II, X | Rosette, with his burning thirst for astronomical research, 3589 I, II | and almost without means. Thirsting for glory rather than for 3590 II, II | the memorable night of the thirty-first of December; how they had 3591 I, XVIII| 5th of March, a period of thirty-five days (for it was leap year), 3592 II, VII | and fifty centimes measure thirty-seven, twenty-seven, and eighteen 3593 I, XXIV | nevertheless been increased by thirty-two millions of leagues. She 3594 II, IV | captain.~“Servadac, dont be thoughtless!” cried Rosette, with all 3595 II, I | Rhumkorff’s bobbins of which the thread, several hundred yards in 3596 II, XVI | not hesitate to carry the threat into effect, was fain to 3597 I, VI | clouds, which seemed to threaten torrents of rain.~It happened 3598 II, XVII | the start at two oclock, three-quarters of an hour, or, to speak 3599 I, XIII | eagerly they listened. Twice, thrice did the sound repeat itself. 3600 II, XV | soldiers appeared to have thriven well on what, no doubt, 3601 II, XIV | Jew, had seized him by the throat, and was shaking him till 3602 I, XVI | burning anxiety with which he throbbed to see beyond that cruel 3603 I, XIII | the south. The whole party throve remarkably well upon the 3604 II, XII | warm enough here.”~After throwing the gleams of torch-light 3605 II, VI | and, without more ado, he thrust the astonished Jew on one 3606 I, XIII | reverberation, like rolling thunder, that ordinarily follows 3607 I, XIV | Gibraltar! The word fell like a thunderclap upon their ears. Gibraltar! 3608 I, X | sincerely attached, by a tie of gratitude as well as 3609 II, XIV | the professor, fierce as a tiger, had rushed at the Jew, 3610 II, XV | anyone, but fasten it up tight in your knapsack.”~Ben Zoof 3611 II, XVIII| foot and leg encased in a tight-fitting boot, was juggling deftly 3612 I, X | excellent crew, consisting of Tiglew the engineer, four sailors 3613 I, XII | Hoist the jib, and right the tiller!”~Sudden and startling as 3614 II, XIII | I do not mean,” he began timidly, “to cast the least imputation 3615 II, VI | you want?” he inquired, timorously.~“I want a word with you,” 3616 I, XVII | secured in a preserved-meat tin, hermetically sealed, and 3617 I, V | sky had assumed a singular tint, and was soon covered with 3618 I, XXII | obvious that ours is a very tiny world, and that Gourbi Island 3619 I, XXI | virtuoso:~“Misti goth dar dar tire lyre! Flic! floc! flac! 3620 II, II | be at once.”~“He is too tired; he is worn out; he is fast 3621 II, X | Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Titan, Hyperion, and Japetus— 3622 I, VI | and a bed at Orleansville to-night,” said Servadac, as, full 3623 II, XI | and Spain were drunk in toasting their respective countries, 3624 I, XX | scattered over the plain. But toil as they might at the accumulation 3625 II, XVI | scrupulously concealed any outward token of their inner feelings, 3626 II, XIX | was accompanied by genuine tokens of regard and goodwill.~ 3627 II, VI | succeeded in getting up a tolerable fire.~The visitors having 3628 I, X | four sailors named Niegoch, Tolstoy, Etkef, and Panofka, and 3629 I, II | successor to the famous “Uncle Tom” at the riding-school of 3630 I, VI | accurate knowledge of its topography. His idea now was to draw 3631 I, XII | cliff, which seemed about to topple over and involve them in 3632 I, IX | carried nothing but her two topsails, brigantine and jib. After 3633 I, V | though heaven and earth be topsy-turvy, I must be at my post this 3634 II, XII | After throwing the gleams of torch-light in all directions, the explorers 3635 I, XXII | the same convulsion that tore us away from the earth have 3636 II, I | professor a life of perpetual torment. On the discovery of each 3637 II, I | again fallen back into a torpid slumber. Ben Zoof continued, “ 3638 I, VIII | earth; its glacial and its torrid zones, which, on account 3639 II, XVIII| itself suggested a vigorous torso with Paris at its breast.~ 3640 II, XIII | degenerate, and that, like tortoises, they could sleep and fast 3641 I, VI | I were to be put to the torture, I could not tell what has 3642 II, XVII | fortitude he endured the tortures of the experiment, and gazed 3643 II, XIV | quite sure that the needle touches the point?”~“Yes; look and 3644 | toward 3645 I, II | Montmartre, between the Solferino tower and the mill of La Galette, 3646 II, XVII | split in two like a child’s toy. It had cracked like a dry 3647 I, XVIII| de Jerez,~Mi jamelgo y un trabuco,~Que mas gloria puede haver?”~ 3648 I, X | of ocean would reveal any traces of the Algerian metropolis.~“ 3649 I, III | compasses and a sheet of tracing-paper, he began to draw, with 3650 I, XVI | farthest verge of the ice-bound track!”~He pushed onwards along 3651 II, XI | this way they described a trackway of singular regularity. 3652 I, XXI | hoping to descry the passing trader with which he might effect 3653 II, II | good bargains with European traders was at an end. Surely nothing, 3654 I, XVIII| being that of a merchant trading at all the ports of the 3655 I, XI | the very spot on which tradition asserts that the canonized 3656 I, X | they cling to their old traditions, that it mattered little 3657 I, XIV | London, in the middle of Trafalgar Square.”~It was now the 3658 II, XVIII| stately dame towards the east, trailing her ample skirts and coroneted 3659 I, VIII | collision of two railway trains.~The captain became exasperated. “ 3660 II, V | Hansa lay bound in her icy trammels. A flight of steps, recently 3661 II, XI | entirely confined to business transactions, when occasion required 3662 I, XI | sea-bottom. As it altogether transcended the powers of those on board 3663 II, XVIII| break in the suddenness of transfer from one atmosphere to the 3664 0, Int | tale variously named and translated as “The Black Indies,” “ 3665 II, VIII | of which he had a Russian translation, and some other books, proceeded 3666 I, XIII | and kept in readiness for transmission by the first ship that should~ 3667 II, XVI | suddenly checked, will be transmuted into heat, and that heat 3668 I, XXII | added, “We seem to have been transplanted to a soil strange enough 3669 I, XVII | lieutenant started off in a transverse course, towards a point 3670 I, XXIV | that drear expanse, any trav-eler must assuredly succumb to 3671 II, V | speed as the earth, which traverses the ecliptic at a rate of 3672 II, XIV | steelyard was then produced; a tray was suspended to the hook, 3673 I, XIX | shall not be justified in treating him in German fashion. We 3674 II, XIX | he published a voluminous treatise, not only detailing his 3675 I, XIV | ceded to England by the Treaty of Utrecht. Three times, 3676 I, X | water; not one branch of a tree had been seen drifting by, 3677 I, II | SERVADAC (Hector), born at St. Trelody in the district of Lesparre, 3678 II, VI | mount the steps. The Jew trembled from head to foot. “But 3679 II, XIV | trifled with, and said, in a tremulous voice, “Yes, I will buy.”~ 3680 I, XIX | property?” poor Isaac would ask tremulously.~“To be sure he will! He 3681 I, II | where the side-work of the trench had been so riddled by shell 3682 II, XVI | The volcano rocked and trernbled with the convulsions of 3683 II, VI | coals; in another was a trestle-board which served as a bed; two 3684 I, VI | although they had now become tributaries of the Mediterranean, still 3685 II, XVI | streams of water began to trickle down the declivities of 3686 II, XIV | orderly was not a man to be trifled with, and said, in a tremulous 3687 I, IX | and might have caused a trifling fall of the barometer, they 3688 I, VI | time been engaged upon a trigo-nometrical survey of the district, 3689 II, VII | world with about 246,000 trillions of francs.”~“It would make 3690 II, XII | remain undisturbed upon its tripod in the great hall of Nina’ 3691 0, Int | since Verne, have told of trips through the planetary and 3692 II, XIX | was not welcomed with a triumphal reception.~They reached 3693 I, XX | themselves to this species of troglodyte existence.~In one respect 3694 I, II | his stock of anecdotes and trooper’s tales he was matchless.~ 3695 I, XIII | with well-nigh two thousand troops, into an insignificant island 3696 I, III | which one of them was de trop; which of them, fate must 3697 I, XVI | Hyeres, the peninsula of St. Tropez, the Lerius Islands, and 3698 I, XVII | comprehending what was said, trotted on gently for about a hundred 3699 I, I | to his orderly, who was trotting silently close in his rear,~“ 3700 II, XIX | needless to say that no one troubled himself to institute a search 3701 II, XII | like them, forget their troubles in a long winter’s sleep.~ 3702 II, IV | would practically be very troublesome?”~“Not at all! not at all! 3703 I, III | other closely pressed to his trouser-seam.~“Stay where you are! don’ 3704 I, XIII | regimental tunic of scarlet and trousers of invisible green, presented 3705 I, XXII | the sea, in the form of a truncated cone, of which the topmost 3706 I, XX | were totally unfitted to be trusted as to their stability when 3707 I, XVIII| Meanwhile the song continued:~ “Tu sandunga y cigarro,~Y una 3708 I, XXII | Servadac himself undertook the tuition of Pablo and Nina, Ben Zoof 3709 I, V | now become the shore of a tumultuous ocean, its azure waters 3710 I, XIII | punctiliously wearing the regimental tunic of scarlet and trousers 3711 I, XXI | junction of nearly twenty tunnels (similar to that which had 3712 I, III | covered with a thatch of turf and straw, known to the 3713 II, X | present home.~Even after the turning-point in their career, they knew 3714 II, XVI | comet, had been severed in twain; an enormous fragment had 3715 II, IV | of them cannot make up a twelfth part of Gallia’s year— cannot 3716 I, II | of quitting the army at twenty-eight years of age, but unexpectedly 3717 I, VII | up from the midst of the twigs and coal. The skillet was 3718 II, VI | hire it?”~The Jew’s eyes twinkled with a satisfaction that 3719 I, XIX | manifest attention, his lips twitching now and then as if suppressing 3720 II, VI | professor continued. “I want ten two-franc pieces, and twenty half-francs.”~“ 3721 I, VII | astronomers have designated Mount Tycho. “It is not the moon,” he 3722 I, XVIII| hands, he presented all the typical characteristics of the German 3723 I, XVIII| cana de Jerez,~Mi jamelgo y un trabuco,~Que mas gloria 3724 I, XXI | the sea threatened to be un-navigable very soon, as ice was already 3725 II, X | have followed them in their un-tracked way.~But Gallia had a narrow 3726 I, XVIII| Tu sandunga y cigarro,~Y una cana de Jerez,~Mi jamelgo 3727 I, XXIII| inconceivable fury, it was unaccompanied by either snow or rain. 3728 I, XXI | the little Italian it was unanimously voted by the colony that 3729 II, XV | wind would make that quite unavailable. It was true that with the 3730 I, I | his farther efforts were unavailing, and when at six oclock 3731 I, I | suffer the injury to be unavenged. Wagner is a fool. I shall 3732 II, XVI | last hour had taken them unawares. The volcano rocked and 3733 II, XI | felt that his mind had been unburdened from a great anxiety.~Captain 3734 I, XVI | only faint and somewhat uncertain shadows; but at night the 3735 II, X | continued its regular and unchanging discharge, and Servadac, 3736 II, IV | had been allowed to go on unchecked, it is impossible to say 3737 II, VII | I find them unworn and unchipped; indeed, they are almost 3738 II, XVII | he was more than usually uncivil whenever any one ventured 3739 I, II | successor to the famousUncle Tom” at the riding-school 3740 II, II | Ben Zoof, quickly.~Rosette unclosed his eyes and fixed them 3741 I, XXI | relieved of his presence; his uncomely figure and repulsive countenance 3742 II, XVII | though they would have been unconcerned to know that they were to 3743 I, VIII | you donkey! you speak as unconcernedly as though you were telling 3744 I, XXII | absolute stillness, will remain uncongealed at a temperature several 3745 II, XV | physiological fact, coincident but unconnected with celestial phenomena, 3746 I, XVI | RESIDUUM OF A CONTINENT~Almost unconsciously, the voyagers in the Dobryna 3747 II, XVII | again, as if his anger was uncontrollable.~“Not I,” said the professor.~“ 3748 I, XIV | Captain Servadac, with the uncontrolled vivacity natural to a Frenchman, 3749 II, XV | represented that, however uncourteous might have been their former 3750 I, XII | he spoke, he reverently uncovered, an example in which he 3751 I, XIX | upon her. And when Isaac, undaunted by his jeers, persevered 3752 II, VI | you ask?”~Faltering and undecided still, the Jew went on. “ 3753 II, IV | The old professor had an undefined consciousness that his former 3754 II, XV | they would, a coolness was undeniably stealing over an intimacy 3755 I, XV | of its substance should undergo so complete a change. There 3756 I, XXIII| as though the sun were undergoing a perpetual eclipse. It 3757 II, XVI | been upheaved was gradually undermined, like the icebergs of the 3758 I, VI | more unflinchingly from understanding the dynamic force by which 3759 I, XXI | of Israel!” he said in an undertone, “they have made no charge; 3760 I, IV | very moment the horizon underwent so strange and sudden a 3761 I, I | replied Servadac; “it is undesirable in every way for any names 3762 I, XII | Rhodes, should still be undestroyed.~But Malta, too, was gone; 3763 0, Int | cavern world, its secret, undiscoverable, unrelenting foe, the “Harfang,” 3764 I, XIX | perchance, upon some remote and undiscovered isle there might be the 3765 II, X | not have explored! what undreamed-of marvels might not have revealed 3766 I, XVI | the grace of its rich and undulating landscape; its gardens of 3767 I, X | rather be described as long undulations carrying the schooner (its 3768 II, XII | on still, and kept up an unending wail; but meanwhile he kept 3769 II, IV | twenty-four sections of unequal length, representing respectively 3770 I, XXIII| cold.~Accustomed to the uneven crystallizations of their 3771 I, XX | yard of ground was left unexplored, the horses clearing every 3772 I, XVI | that even in those vast unfathomable tracts, the temperature 3773 II, XVII | thoughts began to turn to his unfinished rondo; in his leisure moments, 3774 I, XX | shelter, but they were totally unfitted to be trusted as to their 3775 I, X | and explored with the most unflagging perseverance. Its depth 3776 I, VI | faced a cannon ball the more unflinchingly from understanding the dynamic 3777 II, III | away into sidereal regions. Unfolded lay the past and the present 3778 II, XVII | distance from the shore. If unfortunately, it should come down in 3779 I, X | the usual way partially unfurl themselves and rebound against 3780 I, XII | adamant as to be altogether unfurrowed by the filaments engendered 3781 I, XVIII| the harvest that remained ungathered was liable to the most imminent 3782 II, I | the Observatory, but his ungenial character was so well known 3783 0, Int | self-protective and possibly unharmed. If, on the other hand, 3784 I, XIX | superior officer.”~“Most unhesitatingly,” replied Servadac, “I accept 3785 I, XXIV | of rock relieved the bare uniformity of its surface.~“Are we 3786 II, XV | called affectionate, had been uniformly friendly and courteous.~ 3787 I, XIII | to the wearing of their uniforms. They were proud of their 3788 I, XVI | world be shattered, hope is unimpaired.”~Servadac smiled faintly, 3789 II, XIX | representations of the professor; an unimportant minority declared themselves 3790 II, I | lips, but they were quite unintelligible. Presently he raised his 3791 II, XVIII| sun, exhibiting a slow but unintermittent movement; these were the 3792 I, VII | days he scanned the horizon unintermittently with his telescope. His 3793 II, XIII | planets.~Gradually, but uninterruptedly, life and spirits continued 3794 I, XVII | towards a point hitherto uninvestigated. That point was reached 3795 I, II | the Soudan. The bond of union thus effected could never 3796 II, III | it, the effect would be “unique,” and he was anxious to 3797 I, XV | there no chance of its ever uniting again with the globe, from 3798 I, XVIII| nose, a short yellow beard, unkempt hair, huge feet, and long 3799 II, XI | several days in the work of unloading the tartan. Well muffled 3800 II, VII | have the key which will unlock the problem of the whole 3801 I, XIII | the firing commenced.~Not unmindful of the warning he had received, 3802 II, VI | clutched at the money with unmistakable eagerness. The steelyard 3803 I, V | threatening gestures, when, to the unmitigated astonishment of himself 3804 II, XI | event, the prospect was not unmixed with alarm, and they would 3805 I, VI | not the man to remain long unnerved by any untoward event. It 3806 II, III | reason than his personal unpopularity. Furious at the slight, 3807 I, XVIII| tartan was easy enough. The unpracticed sailors had only to hoist 3808 I, XV | difficulty, and owned himself unprepared to give at once an adequate 3809 I, XVIII| winter the soil would remain unproductive, and no fresh fodder for 3810 II, III | quite unable to bear the unprovoked attack.~“Quiet, Ben Zoof!” 3811 I, XII | duties with steadiness and unquestioning obedience.~But neither skill, 3812 I, VIII | speculations in his endeavors to unravel the difficulties of the 3813 II, VI | day, I think, would not be unreasonable, considering—”~The count 3814 I, XI | into a metallic dust of unrecognized composition, bore no trace 3815 0, Int | secret, undiscoverable, unrelenting foe, the “Harfang,” bird 3816 I, II | ever possessed the most unreserved admiration for his birthplace; 3817 II, III | Here then, at last, was the unriddling of the enigma they had been 3818 I, XVI | that once had stood on this unrivaled site? Was it not the residue 3819 I, XXII | increasing cold, the sea, unruffled as it was by a breath of 3820 I, IX | CHAPTER IX~INQUIRIES UNSATISFIED~Fast as his legs could carry 3821 I, XX | advanced bravely along the unseen and winding path. The temperature 3822 I, XVII | Generous and altogether unselfish as this sentiment really 3823 II, X | disintegration, is still an unsettled question; but it might almost 3824 II, I | egg, no beard unless the unshorn growth of a week could be 3825 I, X | we have the problem still unsolved that the Mediterranean has 3826 0, Int | case the collision would be unspeakably disastrousespecially to 3827 II, XVIII| individual whose soul seemed unstirred by the approaching earth 3828 II, XVII | moments, rhymes suitable and unsuitable, possible and impossible, 3829 II, XII | effected from their now untenable position.~Restless and agitated, 3830 I, XIII | extinguished, so as to prevent an untimely explosion while the men 3831 I, VI | remain long unnerved by any untoward event. It was part of his 3832 I, XVI | set their foot upon this untried land. The bit of strand 3833 I, III | uttered. All at once, with unutterable violence, the captain and 3834 I, XI | a flat bottom,” was the unvaried announcement after each 3835 II, III | that someone was laying an unwarranted claim to its proprietorship, 3836 II, IV | resides in the cutting winds, unwholesome fogs, or terrible snow drifts, 3837 II, VII | my purpose. I find them unworn and unchipped; indeed, they 3838 I, XXI | adding that surely it was unworthy of a French officer to deceive 3839 I, VI | fields, and trees, half uprooted, overhung the water, remarkable 3840 II, IX | in the colony. His recent usurious transaction had whetted 3841 I, I | harbor, which enabled her to utilize all the rich products of 3842 I, XIV | England by the Treaty of Utrecht. Three times, indeed—in 3843 I, XII | with useless speed in the vacant air; and thus, although 3844 I, XVIII| Here they halted.~“Ah! the vagabonds! the rascals! the thieves!” 3845 II, VI | drawer which the Jew was vainly trying to close, he cried, “ 3846 I, XII | Carthaginians, Sicilians, Romans, Vandals, Greeks, Arabians, and the 3847 II, I | terrestrial vision, would vanish forever in the outlying 3848 II, III | Nothing unwilling to humor the vanity of the eccentric little 3849 I, XVI | line of the department of Var, and after a fruitless search 3850 II, IV | again to be observed in variable climates, but continued 3851 II, IV | where he had carried on so varied and remunerative a traffic. 3852 II, XVI | made airtight by means of a varnish, the ingredients of which 3853 II, XVI | carefully sewn and well varnished as it had been, it was really 3854 I, XV | by Kepler’s laws, would vary according to her distance 3855 II, VIII | of astronomy describe as varying both in form and in extent.~ 3856 I, XI | materials consisting mainly of vases, fragments of columns, carved 3857 I, XXI | deposited in one of the vaults; then, on the 15th, about 3858 I, V | happened, Ben Zoof?”~“I’ve a notion, captain, that 3859 I, XII | now. But the wind did not veer, and in a few minutes more 3860 I, VIII | superb. The wind, after veering to the west, had sunk to 3861 II, XIII | people seemed rather to vegetate than to live, and their 3862 I, XXIII| being extinguished by the vehemence of the current of air, the 3863 I, XXIV | The motion of their novel vehicle was singularly gentle, the 3864 I, I | continent, spread its dreary veil across land and sea.~After 3865 II, XV | purchaser instead of the vendor, his spirit had groaned 3866 II, VIII | said Procope, “the more venerable and advanced in formation 3867 I, XI | reverential obeisance to the venerated monument.~It was, in truth, 3868 II, IV | captain; “this is logic with a vengeance!”~The old professor had 3869 II, XII | apartment, well heated and ventilated, with as few corners as 3870 I, XXIII| seemed rather to act as a ventilator, which fanned the flame 3871 I, XXI | a hand. By opening fresh vents in the solid rock (which 3872 II, XV | in his dismal hole, never venturing, except when absolutely 3873 II, III | and at once commenced a verbose and somewhat circumlocutory 3874 I, XVI | and explore the farthest verge of the ice-bound track!”~ 3875 II, VIII | As the month of September verged towards its close, Jupiter 3876 I, XIII | exhibited a manifest dislike, verging upon contempt, of everything 3877 II, III | Government, being desirous of verifying the measurement already 3878 I, VIII | Servadac had been more deeply versed in astronomy, he would perhaps 3879 I, I | a rondo, upon a model of versification all but obsolete. This rondo, 3880 I, XVIII| Shelif.~Such was Ben Zoof’s version of what had occurred, as 3881 I, VIII | cliff. To withstand the vertical beams of that noontide sun 3882 I, V | January is shining down vertically upon our heads.”~Ben Zoof, 3883 I, VIII | or Lucifer, Hesperus or Vesper, the evening star, the morning 3884 I, X | totally submerged. Unless some vestiges of these are found, I shall 3885 I, XXII | sudden thrill seemed to vibrate across the motionless waters 3886 II, XVIII| ran through every vein. A vibration quivered through the atmosphere. 3887 II, X | that its sole ostensible vice was represented by the greed 3888 II, III | was anxious to be in the vicinity.~The shock came, and with 3889 I, XVIII| wondered how his present vicissitudes would end, and he had felt 3890 II, XIII | relax its hold upon its victims. This partial revival was 3891 I, XVIII| that without delay.~The victualing of the little colony offered 3892 II, III | instruments, and two monthsvictuals, was all the baggage he 3893 I, XXII | beyond the reach of vision. Viewed even from this height, whence 3894 II, VIII | the prospect before him of viewing the giant among planets, 3895 II, XII | our fault, our own lack of vigilance, if we are taken by surprise.” 3896 II, XII | permitted to keep a watch as vigilant as he pleased.~By the 10th 3897 I, XVI | the syllableVil.”~“VilVilla!” he cried out, in his excitement 3898 I, VI | expected to find the important village of Memounturroy; but of 3899 I, VI | first supposed; but four villages had entirely disappeared, 3900 II, XIV | consummate rascal! thief! villain!” the professor reiterated, 3901 I, II | of the sturdy wife of a vine-dresser of Medoc— a lineal descendant 3902 II, XI | excellent quality. Those of the vintages of France and Spain were 3903 I, XV | shores and Gibraltar was a virtual proof that England was beyond 3904 II, XVI | post, the Englishmen had virtually excluded themselves from 3905 I, XIII | was well that they made a virtue of necessity, and resigned 3906 I, XXI | finer style than by this virtuoso:~“Misti goth dar dar tire 3907 I, XVIII| Egypt, Turkey, and Greece, visiting, moreover, most of the harbors 3908 I, XVI | eyes across the boundless vista of the mysterious territory. “ 3909 II, XV | Who goes there?”~“Friends. Vive la France!” cried the captain.~“ 3910 I, VII | objects would have been vivid beyond all precedent.~But 3911 I, XXIII| Capte Nerina en passant.~Vivres vont manquer et . . .”~The 3912 II, VIII | Jupiter itself was almost void of scintillation.~Rosette, 3913 I, XVIII| and compelled him, nolens volens, to join in the dance; and 3914 I, XXI | caused to re-echo like a volley of musketry.~Reaching the 3915 II, XVII | far-off realms of space?~His volubility was brought to a sudden 3916 II, XIX | catalogue, he published a voluminous treatise, not only detailing 3917 II, III | Although I am not precisely a voluntary resident on your comet, 3918 I, XXIII| Nerina en passant.~Vivres vont manquer et . . .”~The rest 3919 I, XII | down and fight with eager voracity for the prize. Their extreme 3920 II, XVIII| manifestly being sucked into a vortex. Every passenger in the 3921 I, XXI | Italian it was unanimously voted by the colony that their 3922 II, II | obsequious epithets. Without vouchsafing any reply, the captain beckoned 3923 II, XVI | responsible for his loss; he vowed that they should be sued 3924 I, III | declaim:~“Listen, lady, to my vowsO, consent to be my spouse; 3925 I, XVI | Almost unconsciously, the voyagers in the Dobryna fell into 3926 I, I | distinctive letters M. C. W. T., the initials of Count 3927 II, XII | and kept up an unending wail; but meanwhile he kept a 3928 II, XVII | Servadac noticed that his waist was encompassed by an enormous 3929 I, XXII | small dimensions that a good walker might make a circuit of 3930 0, Int | some of these celestial wanderers seem to be, we can imagine 3931 I, XXIV | yawl; his books, his scanty wardrobe, his papers, his instruments, 3932 I, XVIII| prepared to deal in sec-ondhand wares, he had contrived to amass 3933 I, XXIII| By a systematic course of warfare the bulk of the birds were 3934 I, II | slightly scatter-brained, but warm-hearted, generous, and brave, he 3935 I, XXI | had migrated in search of warmer shores, had returned, proving 3936 II, X | be turned to account in warming some erection which they 3937 II, XIV | Coffee is nutritious; it warms the blood. How much do you 3938 II, VIII | proportions were large enough to warrant the apprehension that important 3939 II, XII | the life of rabbits in a warren, they were reduced to the 3940 II, XVI | become attached.”~“A great wart upon her face!” said Ben 3941 I, XII | Mediterranean, which had washed the shores alike of Europe, 3942 II, XV | celebrated game in 1846 between Washington and Baltimore, the two gallant 3943 II, XIII | good thing the old fellow wasnt there to see,” observed 3944 I, VII | CHAPTER VII~BEN ZOOF WATCHES IN VAIN~In a few minutes 3945 II, XVIII| curled up and sleeping a watchful sleep; Spain, with Portugal 3946 I, VII | abashed, to résumé his watchman’s duty, which he performed 3947 I, XXIII| easily regain their proper water-line.~On his last visit to Gourbi 3948 II, V | the Dobryna’s and Hansa’s waterline, both vessels being now 3949 I, XI | After a long and somewhat wavering discussion, it was at length 3950 I, V | lentisks. Regarding the two wayfarers with manifest uneasiness, 3951 I, I | as the most appropriate weapons, and the duel was to take 3952 II, XV | in particular, was never wearied of telling him how on his 3953 II, XIII | March, April, May, passed wearily by; but day succeeded to 3954 II, XIII | seemed neither long nor wearisome. Having ascertained every 3955 II, IV | helping hand whenever she was weary with her exertions.~After 3956 I, XXI | and growling, but with his weather-eye open in the hope of catching 3957 II, IV | to find out what my comet weighs.”~“Would it not be of some 3958 II, XIX | return to Mostaganem was not welcomed with a triumphal reception.~ 3959 I, XVII | received the heartiest of welcomes. The Russian sailors, ever 3960 II, IV | many polar navigators, well-clothed and properly fed, have been 3961 II, XV | semaphore to communicate their well-digested moves.~The major stood waiting 3962 I, II | curling hair and mustaches, well-formed hands and feet, and a clear 3963 I, XXII | new luminary was not the well-known Phoebe of terrestrial nights; 3964 I, XII | remained than to take a westerly course and to attempt to 3965 II, XII | Arctic regions. On board the whaling-vessels, and in the establishments 3966 II, XVIII| fastened to its neck. The bird wheeled round and round in a few 3967 | whereas 3968 I, VI | discover the why and the wherefore of everything that came 3969 | whereupon 3970 II, IX | usurious transaction had whetted his appetite. He would next 3971 I, XXI | want to go to Algiers,” whimpered Hakkabut.~“How often am 3972 I, XIX | went shambling along, half whimpering and not unfrequently invoking 3973 II, IX | already.”~“Cease your wretched whining!” cried Servadac. “I have 3974 II, IX | Ah yes, your Excellency,” whispered the Jew, his voice trembling 3975 II, V | blended into one dreary whiteness, to which the pale blue 3976 | whither 3977 I, XI | which floated a long lighted wick, the flame of which was 3978 II, XVI | and the car, composed of wicker-work that had formed partitions 3979 0, Int | Moreover several people from widely scattered places are carried 3980 I, XVIII| countless variety of sea-birdswidgeons, gulls, and seamews; beside 3981 I, X | shipbuilding yards in the Isle of Wight. Her sea going qualities 3982 II, I | scraps, presented a perfect wilderness of geometrical figures, 3983 II, XV | going into action, he talked wildly about “columns” and “squares” 3984 I, XX | bravely along the unseen and winding path. The temperature was 3985 I, V | chamois. Leaving the devious windings of the footpath, they went 3986 I, XXIV | have kept some distance to windward of the island; we can bear 3987 I, XII | affrighted cormorants had winged their flight towards the 3988 I, XXIII| temperature. Unlike the polar winters of the earth, which ordinarily 3989 II, XVIII| maintain it at that level. A wire-work stove, suspended below the 3990 I, XXIV | Procope submitted his own wishes to the count. The count 3991 I, XIX | with reluctance take his wistful gaze from his tartan, obeyed 3992 I, XVII | complete as possible before we withdraw.”~Servadac, although he 3993 II, XII | to help seems now to be withdrawn.”~“But only to test our 3994 II, XIV | flesh to lose he would have withered away to a shadow.~But this 3995 I, XXIII| seemed to promise best for withstanding the rigor of the winter. 3996 I, XII | smallest stay-sail could have withstood the violence of the storm), 3997 I, XXII | phenomena which we have lately witnessed. Why should not the moon 3998 II, XIV | collision with the earth, and wondering whether any measures could 3999 I, I | money you have spent; The wondrous mirror in this place Reveals 4000 I, VII | the time, according to his wont, a snatch of an old military 4001 I, XVIII| quails, partridges, and woodcocks. The sportsmen did their 4002 I, XXIV | proposed to erect a kind of wooden roof lined with strong cloth; 4003 II, I | telescopic planets, he had worked out the elements of the


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