NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE THAT IS NOT AN EXAGGERATED HOPE.”
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NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE THAT IS NOT AN EXAGGERATED HOPE.”
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SOON THE SPEED BECAME FRIGHTENING; MORE THAN ONE NEIGHING SOUND WAS HEARD COMING OUT OF THE LOCOMOTIVE; THE PISTONS WERE BEATING TWENTY TIMES PER SECOND; THE WHEEL AXLES WERE SMOKING IN THE GREASE BOXES.
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THE OSCILLATING TROUGH DESIGNED TO REGULATE THE PASSAGE OF THE GRAIN, AND TO WHICH ITS PERPETUAL TICKING HAS GIVEN THE NAME “BULLETIN BOARD.
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AS LONG AS IT’S ALL ABOUT DESTROYING, ALL AMBITIONS ARE EASILY COMBINED.
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AS FOR THE KNIVES, THEY HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM THE MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES, FLINT AXES, HEAUME, MASSES OF WEAPONS, FRANCISQUES, FRAMÉES, GUISARDES, PERTUISANES, VERDIERS, RAPIERS, ETC.
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THE DESCENT WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, BUT THEY DID NOT COUNT WITH THE DANGER, THEY WERE NO LONGER IN CONTROL OF THEMSELVES, AND AN IRRESISTIBLE ATTRACTION DREW THEM TO THIS MYSTERIOUS POINT, AS THE MAGNET ATTRACTS IRON.
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IT IS BY DINT OF SPREADING THE GOOD GRAIN THAT A SEED ENDS UP FALLING INTO A FERTILE FURROW. ” HEY! WHAT THE HELL! YOU HAVE TO BOIL SOMETIMES! GOD WOULD HAVE PUT WATER IN OUR VEINS AND NOT BLOOD, IF HE HAD WANTED US ALWAYS AND EVERYWHERE IMPERTURBABLE!”
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ON THE LARGE SQUARE, TRANSFORMED INTO A CAMP GUARDED BY MANY SENTINELS, TWO THOUSAND TARTARS BIVOUACKED IN GOOD ORDER.
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THE SPACE DID NOT OFFER A SINGLE LANDING POINT, NOT A SOLID SURFACE ON WHICH THEIR ANCHOR COULD BITE.
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WOMEN NEVER INTERFERE IN MY NOVELS SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY WOULD TALK ALL THE TIME AND OTHERS WOULD HAVE NOTHING MORE TO SAY.
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THIS WOMAN WAS YOUNG, WHITE AS A EUROPEAN. HIS HEAD, NECK, SHOULDERS, EARS, ARMS, ARMS, HANDS, TOES WERE OVERLOADED WITH JEWELLERY, NECKLACES, BRACELETS, BUCKLES AND RINGS.
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AS LONG AS THERE WAS NO LANDFALL ON THIS COASTLINE, THE ONE IN THE SOUTH OF THE ISLAND HAD TO BE SEARCHED FOR WHAT COULD NOT BE FOUND ON THE WEST COAST.
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NOTHING CAN SURPRISE AN AMERICAN.
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DAMN BEAST THAT I AM! HE CRIED OUT. POOR AYRTON! HE HAS THE RIGHT TO SPEAK HERE AS MUCH AS ANYONE ELSE!….
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ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MY INTIMATE ENEMY…
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WHEN WE TAKE A SHEPHERD BY HIS IDEAL SIDE, IMAGINATION WILLINGLY MAKES HIM A DREAMER AND CONTEMPLATIVE BEING; HE TALKS WITH THE PLANETS; HE CONFERS WITH THE STARS; HE READS IN THE SKY.
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DON’T GET TOO TARTARIZED! THE BEAUTIFUL ROLE IS STILL FOR THOSE WHOSE WEAPONS CIVILIZE.
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THE SETTLERS WERE INVITED TO DO THIS WORK, AND THE TWO DAMS, WHICH, MOREOVER, DID NOT EXCEED SEVEN TO EIGHT FEET WIDE BY THREE FEET HIGH, WERE QUICKLY ERECTED USING WELL
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WHEN THE BUFFALO HAVE ADOPTED A DIRECTION, NOTHING COULD STOP OR CHANGE THEIR MARCH. IT IS A STREAM OF LIVING FLESH THAT NO DAM CAN CONTAIN.
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THERE WERE ALL THE PARTS OF A WATCH THAT HE HAD CAREFULLY DISMANTLED. HE TOOK A KIND OF HOLLOW CYLINDER, CALLED A CYLINDER, IN WHICH THE SPRING IS ENCLOSED, AND HE REMOVED THE STEEL SPIRAL…
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HE WAS AN HONORABLE PRACTITIONER WHO HEALED THE SICK OF ALL DISEASES, EXCEPT THE ONE FROM WHICH THEY DIED.
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SHE WAS SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD AND DID NOT HATE ANGLING. THIS IS A STRANGE OCCUPATION, HOWEVER, AND ONE THAT FORCES YOU TO FIGHT A TRICK WITH A BARBEL.
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WE KNOW WHAT THE BETTING WORLD IS LIKE IN ENGLAND, A WORLD THAT IS SMARTER, MORE CHALLENGING THAN THAT OF THE PLAYERS.
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A BUNDLE OF BANK
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PASSPORTS ARE ONLY USED TO EMBARRASS HONEST PEOPLE AND ENCOURAGE THE ESCAPE OF NAUGHTY PEOPLE.
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ANDRÉ VASLING HAD BECOME FRIENDS WITH THE TWO NORWEGIAN SAILORS. AUPIC WAS ALSO PART OF THEIR GANG, WHICH GENERALLY STOOD APART, HIGHLY DISAPPROVING OF ALL NEW MEASURES.
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IN THIS SINGULAR COUNTRY, WHERE MEN ARE CERTAINLY NOT UP TO THE STANDARDS OF INSTITUTIONS, EVERYTHING IS DONE SQUARELY”, CITIES, HOUSES AND NONSENSE.”
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A BENCH AT THE STERN, A SECOND BENCH IN THE MIDDLE, TO MAINTAIN THE GAP, A THIRD BENCH AT THE FRONT, A GUNWALE TO SUPPORT THE OAR SLATS, A SCULLING TO STEER, COMPLETED THIS BOAT.
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THERE’S NOTHING ILLOGICAL ABOUT ACCIDENTS. THEY HAVE NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THEM, AND ONE CANNOT, AS ONE WOULD LIKE, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ONE TO MITIGATE THE OTHER.
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IT WAS NOT DEATH BUT BLINDNESS THAT MICHEL STROGOFF WAS GOING TO BE STRUCK. LOSS OF SIGHT, PERHAPS MORE TERRIBLE THAN THE LOSS OF LIFE! THE UNFORTUNATE MAN WAS CONDEMNED TO BE BLINDED.
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IF FRENCH IS ALL EYES”, ENGLISH IS “ALL EARS”.”
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NEWSPAPERS ARE LIKE SOME WATCHES THAT HAVE THE HABIT OF MOVING FORWARD, AND THEY HAD PREMATURELY ANNOUNCED THE COMPLETION OF THE LINE.
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IF THE ANNIHILATION OF A RACE IS THE LAST WORD OF COLONIAL PROGRESS, THE ENGLISH CAN BOAST OF HAVING COMPLETED THEIR WORK.
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PRAISE BE TO GOD, REPLIED HARBERT, WHOSE PIOUS HEART WAS FULL OF GRATITUDE FOR THE AUTHOR OF ALL THINGS.
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WAR, AS WE KNOW, WAS FOR A LONG TIME THE SAFEST AND FASTEST VEHICLE OF CIVILIZATION.
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THE MAGNIFICENT CONSTELLATIONS OF THIS SOUTHERN SKY SHONE BRIGHTLY.
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THEY THEREFORE INDULGED IN THEIR INSTINCT OF DEPREDATION, DESTROYING, BURNING, DOING EVIL FOR EVIL.
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TWO DEER, SUPERB TO SEE, HAD REMAINED ON THE BATTLEFIELD. WITH THEIR SKULLS DOWN, HORNS AGAINST HORNS, THEIR HINDQUARTERS LEGS POWERFULLY ARCHED AND BENT, THEY WERE FIGHTING EACH OTHER.
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THERE, A SERVANT HANDED HIM THE UNCUT TIMES, WHOSE LABORIOUS UNFOLDING WAS CARRIED OUT BY PHILEAS FOGG WITH A SURE HAND THAT SHOWED A GREAT HABIT OF THIS DIFFICULT OPERATION.
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THE SETTLERS WERE THEN AT THE NOTCH OF A SMALL, UNIMPORTANT CREEK, WHICH COULD NOT EVEN CONTAIN TWO OR THREE FISHING BOATS.
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AT THAT MOMENT, A POOR BEGGAR…, WEARING A RAGGED HAT WITH A LAMENTABLE FEATHER HANGING ON IT, A WRECKED SHAWL ON HER RAGS, APPROACHED MR. FOGG AND ASKED HIM FOR ALMS.
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ON HIS SQUARE TOP HEAD, WIDE AT THE FRONT, THERE WAS AN ABUNDANT HAIR ON HIS HEAD, WHICH ESCAPED IN CURLS.
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THE PILOT… HAD ALL THE SAILS OF THE SCHOONER TIGHTENED AND THE YARDS BROUGHT TO THE DECK. THE ARROWPOLES WERE OVERTAKEN.
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HOWEVER, ALCIDE JOLIVET HAD MADE IT CLEAR TO HIS COLLEAGUE THAT HE COULD NOT LEAVE TOMSK WITHOUT HAVING TAKEN SOME PENCIL FROM THIS TRIUMPHANT ENTRANCE OF THE TARTAR TROOPS.
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THE YOUNG NATURALIST PARTICULARLY RECOGNIZED “DEODARS, VERY NUMEROUS ESSENCES IN THE HIMALAYAN REGION, WHICH SPREAD A PLEASANT AROMA!
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A FEW GOOD SHOTS WERE TAKEN THAT DAY, AND THE ARCTIC CIRCLE WAS WATERED AS IF IT HAD BEEN DONE FROM THE EQUATOR, ABOARD A SHIP CROSSING THE LINE FOR THE FIRST TIME.
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LOOK CAREFULLY, NAB, AND IF YOU FIND A HOLLOW TOOTH IN THAT RATELIER, I’LL LET YOU PULL HALF A DOZEN OUT OF IT!
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BUT WHEN IT CAME TO SEWING, HE HAD NO EQUAL. IT IS WELL KNOWN THAT SAILORS HAVE A REMARKABLE APTITUDE FOR THE JOB OF SEAMSTRESS.
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ITS FOUR WHEELS, SPREAD EIGHT TO NINE FEET APART AT THE END OF EACH AXLE, PROVIDE IT WITH A CERTAIN BALANCE ON BUMPY AND TOO OFTEN UNEVEN ROADS.
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THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS CORAL TOOK NO LESS THAN THREE WEEKS, BECAUSE, IN ADDITION TO THE PALISADE WORK, CYRUS SMITH RAISED LARGE HANGARS MADE OF BOARDS, UNDER WHICH RUMINANTS COULD TAKE REFUGE.
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HALF BOOTS MADE OF ORNATE LEATHER, AND STRONG ENOUGH SOLES, AS IF THEY HAD BEEN CHOSEN IN ANTICIPATION OF A LONG JOURNEY, WERE PUT ON HIS FEET, WHICH WERE SMALL.
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AYRTON THEN TOLD HIS WHOLE LIFE STORY, AND IT WAS CONSTANT THAT HE KNEW NOTHING SINCE THE DAY CAPTAIN GRANT LANDED HIM ON THE AUSTRALIAN COAST.
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THIS SCHOONER, DISMASTED FROM ITS FORESAIL MAST, RAN TOWARDS THE ABYSS, DRY AS A CANVAS.
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TOP, WHOSE PORTION HAD BEEN VERY SMALL, WOULD KNOW HOW TO FIND SOME NEW GAME UNDER THE COVER OF THE COPPICES.
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THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, THIS MIST TORE AND LET SEE LARGE LOW CLOUDS, SHREDDED, DISLOCATED, REAL RAGS OF STEAM.
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THE CONFLAGRATION IN THE VILLAGE WAS CARRIED OUT WITH EXTRAORDINARY VIOLENCE. THESE HOUSES, BUILT OF FIR, WERE BURNING LIKE RESINS.
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IT WAS THEREFORE NECESSARY, AT ALL COSTS, TO STOP THE DOWNWARD MOVEMENT TO PREVENT THE HOVERCRAFT FROM SINKING INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WAVES.
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HOWEVER, THE BALLOON, RELIEVED OF HEAVY OBJECTS, SUCH AS AMMUNITION, WEAPONS, PROVISIONS, HAD RISEN IN THE UPPER LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE.
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MOREOVER, THE ROAD WENT UP TOWARDS THESE LARGE CLOUDS, VERY DENSE AND ALMOST ALREADY REACHED THE DEGREE OF CONDENSATION. BEFORE LONG, ROAD AND VAPOURS WOULD MERGE, AND IF, AT THIS MOMENT, THE CLOUDS DID NOT RESOLVE INTO RAIN, THE FOG WOULD BE SUCH…
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IT HAD THEREFORE BEEN NINETEEN DAYS SINCE NAB HAD HAD ANY NEWS OTHER THAN THAT BROUGHT TO HIM BY TOP, DISASTROUS NEWS: AYRTON DISAPPEARED, HARBERT SERIOUSLY INJURED.
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IN MAY, THE THAW OCCURRED QUICKLY. THE SNOW THAT COVERED THE SHORELINE MELTED ON ALL SIDES AND FORMED A THICK MUD, WHICH MADE THE COAST ALMOST UNAFFORDABLE.
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IN SHORT, NOTHING LESS COMMUNICATIVE THAN THIS GENTLEMAN. HE SPOKE AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE, AND SEEMED ALL THE MORE MYSTERIOUS BECAUSE HE WAS SILENT.
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HER MOUTH WAS FINELY DRAWN, BUT IT SEEMED THAT SHE HAD LONG AGO UNLEARNED TO SMILE.
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THE SETTLERS WORKED TO REPAIR THE DISORDER CAUSED BY THE INTRUDERS,
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THE WHOLE SURROUNDING AREA SLOPES DOWN IN LONG SLOPES TOWARDS A COMMON CENTRE, A BROAD DEPRESSION OF THE GROUND, WHICH IS OCCUPIED BY THE LAKE.
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WAS THE CURRENT INTERRUPTED, THE ELECTROMAGNET IMMEDIATELY BECAME DEMAGNETIZED?
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THREE HOURS LATER, AT LOW TIDE, MOST OF THE SAND, FORMING THE BED OF THE CANAL, HAD BEEN DISCOVERED. ONLY A NARROW CHANNEL REMAINED BETWEEN THE ISLET AND THE COAST THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE EASY TO CROSS.
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VERY EDUCATED, VERY PRACTICAL, “VERY RESOURCEFUL TO USE A WORD FROM THE FRENCH MILITARY LANGUAGE, IT WAS A SUPERB TEMPERAMENT.
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IT WAS AN IRREGULAR BREEZE, WHIMSICAL PUFFS FROM THE COAST. THEY PASSED BY, AND THE SEA DRIFTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THEIR PASSAGE.
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THE VOLCANO, UNCROWNED, WAS NO LONGER RECOGNIZABLE. A SORT OF CLEAN SLATE FINISHED IT AND REPLACED THE OLD CRATER.
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IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THE SETTLERS WOULD EVENTUALLY RETURN TO THEIR HOMES AND CHASE AWAY THE INTRUDERS, BUT WHEN AND HOW? THAT IS WHAT THEY COULD NOT HAVE SAID.
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INDEED, SAYS CYRUS SMITH, THIS GULF IS A REAL ABYSS; BUT, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE PLUTONIAN ORIGIN OF THE ISLAND, IT IS NOT SURPRISING THAT THE SEA FLOOR OFFERS SUCH DEPRESSIONS.
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ALREADY THE BREAK
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THIS STEAMBOAT, MOREOVER, WAS VERY WELL EQUIPPED, AND PASSENGERS, DEPENDING ON THEIR CONDITION OR RESOURCES, OCCUPIED THREE DISTINCT CLASSES.
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ONE OF THE GREATEST SPEAKERS WHO HONOURED ENGLAND, PHILEAS FOGG, AN ENIGMATIC CHARACTER, SUCCEEDED HIM, OF WHOM WE KNEW NOTHING.
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HOWEVER, THE DETONATIONS WERE INCREASING AND GETTING SIGNIFICANTLY CLOSER. IT WAS NO LONGER A CONFUSED ROLL, BUT A SERIES OF SEPARATE CANNON SHOTS.
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THIS NAVIGATION WAS MARKED BY THE ENCOUNTER OF A HUGE TROOP OF SQUID, CURIOUS MOLLUSCS, VERY CLOSE TO CUTTLEFISH. FRENCH FISHERMEN REFER TO THEM AS SQUID.
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IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THE ICEFIELD, THE BASE OF THE ISLAND, WAS GRADUALLY DISSOLVING, THAT THE RELATIVELY WARMER WATERS WERE GNAWING AT ITS LOWER SURFACE.
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AS A RESULT OF AIR STORAGE, ICE HAD FORMED A VAULT UNDER THE WATER.
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BUT ONLY ONE TREMOR OCCURRED, WHICH WAS MORE OF A BACKLASH AT A STROKE. SHE INCLINED THE HOUSE TOWARDS THE LAKE AND SEPARATED THE WALLS. THEN, THE GROUND REGAINED ITS STABILITY AND IMMOBILITY.
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HE WANTED TO GO UP TO THE SURFACE OF THE WAVES AND HARPOON THESE MONSTERS, ESPECIALLY SOME EMISSOLATED SHARKS WHOSE MOUTHS ARE PAVED WITH TEETH ARRANGED LIKE A MOSAIC.
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WHO THE HELL CAN COME IN SUCH WEATHER! SERGEANT LONG THOUGHT TO HIMSELF, METHODICALLY REMOVING, ONE COULD SAY “DISCIPLINARILY, THE HEAVY BARS FROM THE DOOR.
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THANKS TO HIM, THANKS TO HIS DEVICE, I COMPLETED MY UNDERWATER STUDIES EVERY DAY, AND I REDID MY BOOK ON THE UNDERWATER WORLD IN THE VERY MIDDLE OF ITS ELEMENT.
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SANDBANKS, WHICH EXTEND OFFSHORE, AND FURTHER AWAY, FROM THE PITFALLS. WRONG WAY!
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BUT, SO QUICKLY THAT THEY WENT, THE HORSE AND RIDER COULD NOT ESCAPE THE BITES OF THESE DIPTEROUS INSECTS, WHICH INFESTED THIS MARSHY COUNTRY.
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I CAN SAY THAT IT IS A WARSHIP, BECAUSE THERE IS A LONG FLAME AT THE END OF ITS MAIN MAST.
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THERE WAS A SOUND OF CHAINS RUNNING SQUEAKING THROUGH THE HAWKERS.
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WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR ANYTHING, MY FRIEND,” HE SAID. IT IS YOUR RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT.
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THE CABLES, THE NET ROPES, ALL THIS WAS MADE OF AN EXCELLENT ROPE, FROM WHICH THE SAILOR GOT THE MOST OUT OF.
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ALSO, NOT A LISTENING THAT WAS NOT CONSCIENTIOUSLY STIFFENED! NOT A SAIL THAT WASN’T VIGOROUSLY STRETCHED!… WE HADN’T MANOEUVRED ANY HARDER IN A REGATTA AT THE ROYAL YACHT
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FOR TWO HOURS, CYRUS SMITH AND HIS COMPANIONS WERE ONLY BUSY HAULING SPARS ON THE SAND AND SPILLING, THEN DRYING THE SAILS…
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THE FIVE PASSENGERS HAD CLIMBED INTO THE NET, ABOVE THE CIRCLE, AND WERE STANDING IN THE MESH NETWORK, LOOKING AT THE ABYSS.
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WHAT THEY HAD SEEN OF THE INVASION, OF THESE FIRES, OF THESE LOOTINGS, OF THESE MURDERS, HAD DEEPLY DISGUSTED THEM…
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WITH HIS ARMS CROSSED, HIS EYE INFLAMED, HIS FACE ANGRY, HIS FOREHEAD THREATENING, HE CAME TO CRASH RIGHT IN FRONT OF LIEUTENANT HOBSON. “TO BOTH OF US!” HE CRIED, TO BOTH OF US, MR. HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY AGENT.
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IT WILL BITE, FRAM,” SUZEL REPLIED WITH HER PURE AND SWEET VOICE. BUT DON’T FORGET TO SHOE IN TIME.
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THIS LADDER WAS MADE WITH EXTREME CARE, AND ITS UPRIGHTS HAD THE STRENGTH OF A LARGE CABLE. AS FOR THE RUNGS, THEY WERE PROVIDED BY A KIND OF RED CEDAR, WITH LIGHT AND RESISTANT BRANCHES.
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SO, WHOEVER HE IS, SHIPWRECKED OR EXILED ON THIS ISLAND, WE WOULD BE UNGRATEFUL IF WE THOUGHT WE WERE FREE OF ANY GRATITUDE TO HIM. WE HAVE A DEBT, AND I HOPE WE WILL PAY IT OFF ONE DAY.
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THE SEA WAS VERY ROUGH IN THIS STRAIT, FULL OF EDDIES FORMED BY THE COUNTER
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THE DUGONG WAS DEAD. IT WAS A HUGE ANIMAL, FIFTEEN FEET LONG, WHICH MUST HAVE WEIGHED THREE TO FOUR THOUSAND POUNDS.
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ALSO, SEEING THAT HE COULD NOT LEARN ANYTHING ABOUT THE TARTAR INVASION, HE WROTE IN HIS NOTEBOOK: “TRAVELLERS OF ABSOLUTE DISCRETION. IN POLITICAL MATTERS, VERY HARD TO RELAX.
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MARBLE QUARRIES, SALT MINES, PLATINUM AND GOLD DEPOSITS, COAL MINES ARE EXPLOITED ON A LARGE SCALE.
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THE NEXT DAY, DECEMBER 19, THE MAST, THE DROMES, THE ESPARRES WERE BURNED.
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THE CITY, HALF BYZANTINE, HALF CHINESE, BECOMES EUROPEAN AGAIN BY ITS MACADAMIZED STREETS, LINED WITH SIDEWALKS… PLANTED WITH GIGANTIC BIRCHES.
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THE BREEZE, BEING SOFT, DID NOT FORM ONE OF THESE EDDIES, SO COMMON IN THE POLAR REGIONS, WHICH THE ENGLISH CALLED “DRIFTS.
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HE HAD FOUND SOME DRY FOAMS, AND BY HITTING TWO ROLLERS, HE OBTAINED SPARKS.
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BUT WHILE THESE MEN WERE TALKING, WHO REALLY HAD NO DOUBT ABOUT ANYTHING, THE HOUR WAS APPROACHING…
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ALSO, NOT A LISTENING THAT WAS NOT CONSCIENTIOUSLY STIFFENED! NOT A SAIL THAT WASN’T VIGOROUSLY STRETCHED!
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THE LAST HURRICANE HAD KILLED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DOUGLAS FIR, WHICH WAS PERFECTLY SUITABLE FOR THIS TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION. SOME OF THESE FIRS WERE LYING ON THE GROUND, AND ALL THAT WAS LEFT WAS TO SKIN THEM.
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STRONG BRACES WERE THEREFORE APPLIED TO THE WOODEN WALLS. INSIDE THE ROOMS, VERTICALLY PLACED PROPS WERE PLACED WHICH MULTIPLIED THE POINTS OF SUPPORT FOR THE CEILING BEAMS.
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A SECOND ZINC ENVELOPE LINED THE INSIDE OF THE BOX, WHICH HAD OBVIOUSLY BEEN ARRANGED SO THAT THE OBJECTS IT CONTAINED WERE, IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, PROTECTED FROM HUMIDITY.
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THIS MAST, FIRMLY SECURED BY METAL SHROUDS, STRETCHED AN IRON FORESTAY THAT WAS USED TO HOIST A LARGE JIB.
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SO THERE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN A SHOCK. SO THE SHIP HAD NOT TOUCHED. SO HE HAD JUMPED.
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ALL HIS CREW HAD PASSED ON BOARD, AND, AFTER BEING CONVICTS, THESE MISERABLE PIRATES SCOURED THE PACIFIC, DESTROYING SHIPS, SLAUGHTERING CREWS, MORE FEROCIOUS THAN THE MALAYS THEMSELVES!
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IN HER LOVE, ALL JEALOUS,
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WE KNOW WHAT THE BETTING WORLD IS LIKE IN ENGLAND, A WORLD THAT IS MORE INTELLIGENT, MORE CHALLENGING THAN THAT OF THE PLAYERS. BETTING IS IN THE ENGLISH TEMPERAMENT.
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ALL LASCIVIOUS IN HIS LOVE!
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WHEN THE SWEET NIGHT, LIKE A SWEET LOVER,
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THE IMPORTANT THING IS NOT TO EAT, BUT TO EARN ENOUGH TO EAT.
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ADVANCES STEP BY STEP, AS THE DAY FALLS,
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THE BEAUTIFUL FRENCH LANGUAGE IS LOST.
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WE ONLY AGE WHEN WE WANT TO. IT WAS THE CHILDREN WHO INVENTED OLD AGE TO PUT THEIR PARENTS UNDER THE SHED.
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STEPS INTO THE SKY, TENDER, SHY AND SLOW,
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OH, MY YOUTH! YOUTH! HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS! AND HAPPY AT SUCH A LOW COST. WE’VE NEVER INVENTED ANYTHING, WE’LL NEVER INVENT ANYTHING BETTER.
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ALL HAPPY WITH A MAD LOVE.
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A PRISONER IS MORE POSSESSED WITH THE IDEA OF RUNNING AWAY THAN HIS GUARD IS WITH THE IDEA OF KEEPING HIM. SO A PRISONER MUST ALWAYS BE ABLE TO ESCAPE.
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I LOVE THESE SWEET BIRDS, WHO WALK IN THE AIR.
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WE CAN DEFY HUMAN LAWS BUT NOT RESIST THE LAWS OF NATURE.
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THEIR LIVES AND THEIR LOVE, AND FASTER THAN LIGHTNING,
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WHAT IS ONLY THE FIRST AGE FOR THE WORKS OF NATURE IS ALREADY THE OBSOLESCENCE FOR HUMAN WORKS.
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WHO FLY AWAY TOGETHER!
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AN ENGLISHMAN NEVER JOKES WHEN IT COMES TO SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS A BET.
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YOU ARE YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL, AND YOUR LIPS ARE LAUGHING
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AH! WOMEN, YOUNG GIRLS, FEMALE HEARTS STILL INCOMPREHENSIBLE! WHEN YOU ARE NOT THE MOST SHY OF BEINGS, YOU ARE THE BRAVEST! REASON DOESN’T CARE ABOUT YOU.
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HAVE ONLY CHARMING MICE THAT HAVE JUST HATCHED;
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ABANDONED CASTLE, HAUNTED CASTLE, CASTLE VIEWED. THE LIVELY AND ARDENT IMAGINATIONS SOON POPULATED IT WITH GHOSTS, THE GHOSTS APPEAR THERE, THE SPIRITS RETURN THERE AT NIGHT.
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TIME IS RINGING FOR YOU ITS CRAZY, JOYFUL HOURS
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OBSTACLES ARE INVENTED TO BE OVERCOME; AS FOR DANGERS, WHO CAN BE PROUD TO RUN AWAY FROM THEM?
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THAT WILL FOLLOW ONE ANOTHER LIKE THE WAVES TO THE WAVES.
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I’M NOT GOING MY WAY, IT’S MY WAY THAT’S GOING MY WAY.
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DO YOU KNOW MY ANDALUSIAN
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HAVE YOUR PASSPORT STAMPED?
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MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN THE BEST DAYS,
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IN FRANCE, WE EXHIBIT FOREIGN JOKERS, AND ABROAD, FRENCH JOKERS!
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CRAZY LOVER, CRAZIER WIFE,
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SOON ON THE VERGE OF EXOSTOSIS
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AND UNDER THEIR VIRGIN SHADE
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MEN SHOULD NEVER BE JUDGED LIGHTLY.
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CANKERS CAME TO BLOOM
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PASSED PRETTY CRABS.
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THIS BOY WAS THIRTY YEARS OLD, AND HIS AGE WAS AT HIS MASTER’S AGE AS FIFTEEN IS AT TWENTY. I APOLOGIZE FOR SAYING THAT I WAS FORTY YEARS OLD.
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I SAW THE OLD PHOSPHORIC MAN
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THE ROOSTERS OF THEIR INHUMAN CREST
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FATAL FATE! A NUBILE FINGER
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ESPERANTO IS THE SAFEST, FASTEST VEHICLE OF CIVILIZATION.
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IN AN EFFORT TOO FLEETING
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PARENTING IN ALL WAYS
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ONE EVENING THERE CAME TO GET LOST
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FRIENDSHIP CANNOT EXIST BETWEEN TWO PERFECTLY IDENTICAL BEINGS.
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LOAD WITH ITS ETHICAL STINGER
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IN THE DEPARTMENT OF AINE
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AND ITS MOBILE PHALANX
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WITHOUT SUCCEEDING IN UNLOADING….
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GAMBADENT YOUNG FOALS.
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RUB, SCRAPE AND PLOUGH…
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BUT WHEN THE PAST WAS FAVOURABLE
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SOON ON THE FINGER LIVES IT SUCCEEDS HIM
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IT IS HARD WHEN ON EARTH
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WHY THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE?
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AND IN HIS FIERY APPETITES
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IN HAPPINESS WE HAVE LIVED
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AND WHATEVER THE CLAP
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CALLING THE LANGUAGE TO HIS AID
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TO DIE SAD AND LONELY
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WHEN THERE IS STILL THE MEMORY?
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HE’S TEARING US APART WITH HIS TEETH.
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ON THE RUINS OF AN OLD ASS.
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HAVEN’T I SEEN ALL THE FORESKINS
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I SAW OUR REMAINS GO AWAY
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ONCE IN A VIRGIN FOREST
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HAVE FREE ACCESS TO US
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ON THE RIVER OF PASSIONS
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I WAS PLANTED ON THE SLOPE
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EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE RUSSIAN
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WHICH HAS ITS SOURCE IN THE BALLS
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THAT A PURE STREAM OF URINE SPRINKLES
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ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY WERE FRENCH.
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AND GET LOST IN THE JERKS.
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AND SOMETIMES A DRIZZLE OF BLOOD.
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ALAS THE THORN IS UNDER LAROSE
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SO IN THIS WILD COPPICE
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GYPSIES ARE GENERALLY ATTRACTIVE, AND MORE THAN ONE OF THESE GREAT RUSSIAN LORDS, WHO PROFESS TO FIGHT ECCENTRICITY WITH THE ENGLISH, DID NOT HESITATE TO CHOOSE HIS WIFE AMONG THESE BOHEMIANS.
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AND THE PINE UNDER THE PLEASURE.
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THE HAIR GREW THROUGH THE FURROWS
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NOW, AXEL,” SHOUTED THE TEACHER IN AN ENTHUSIASTIC VOICE. WE WILL TRULY SINK INTO THE BOWELS OF THE GLOBE. SO THIS IS THE EXACT MOMENT WHEN OUR JOURNEY BEGINS.
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WE CAN DEFY HUMAN LAWS, BUT WE CANNOT RESIST NATURAL LAWS.
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GOODBYE, MY UNDERARM COUSINS!
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THE MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY
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NOT KNOWING WHICH DIRECTION THE LOCOMOTIVE IS GOING IN, IF THE TRAIN GOES UP FROM THE NORTHEAST OR DOWN FROM THE SOUTHEAST, WOULD BE UNBEARABLE, ESPECIALLY SINCE, WHEN NIGHT COMES, I WILL NOT SEE ANYTHING, NOT BEING A BOREAL OWL LIKE OWLS, OWLS, TAWNY OWLS AND ALLEY CATS.
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YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT LIFE, AND ALL LIFE YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO LIVE, SENECA SAID, I IMPLORE YOU, DON’T LET YOURSELF GO TO SENSELESS EXPECTATIONS, AND BELIEVE IN OBSTACLES!
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GOODBYE, MY ANUS BROTHERS!
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AND THE CARABINIERE’S LIFE OF THE CARABINIERE
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TELELEGUE, A RUSSIAN FOUR
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GETTING LOST IN THE STREETS OF REYKJAWIK WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN EASY. I WAS THEREFORE NOT OBLIGED TO ASK FOR MY WAY, WHICH, IN THE LANGUAGE OF GESTURES, EXPOSES MANY MISUNDERSTANDINGS.
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I WAS HOPING LAST HOUR
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THIS FIRM WAS A REAL MUSEUM. ALL SAMPLES OF THE MINERAL KINGDOM WERE LABELLED IN THE MOST PERFECT ORDER, FOLLOWING THE THREE MAIN DIVISIONS OF FLAMMABLE, METALLIC AND LITHOID MINERALS.
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DROWNING IN THE WATER OF THE BIDETS
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NO… NO!…GOD WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO ESCAPE PUNISHMENT…. THEY WILL PAY FOR THESE CRIMES WITH THEIR LIVES!…..
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IT WAS A PEASANT’S HOUSE, BUT IN FACT IT WAS WORTH THE HOSPITALITY OF A KING.
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BUT I LIVE ON A BUTT.
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BUT, LET ALL CHILDREN KNOW THIS WELL, WITH ORDER, ZEAL AND COURAGE, THERE ARE NO SITUATIONS, HOWEVER DANGEROUS THEY MAY BE, FROM WHICH WE CANNOT ESCAPE.
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HUGE FORESTS OF LATAN TREES, ARECS, BAMBOO TREES, NUTMEG TREES, TEAK TREES, GIGANTIC MIMOSAS, TREE FERNS, COVERED THE COUNTRY IN THE FOREGROUND, AND IN THE BACKGROUND THE ELEGANT SILHOUETTE OF THE MOUNTAINS WAS VISIBLE.
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UNFORTUNATELY, NEVER WASH!
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MANY MISFORTUNES ARE ATTRIBUTED TO A MYSTERIOUS MISFORTUNE, AND HAVE AS THEIR SOLE BASIS, IF WE GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THINGS, ONLY THE VERY ACTS OF THOSE WHO SUFFER THEM.
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HE WOULD HAVE SPOKEN FOR A LONG TIME YET
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I SAW
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HOWEVER, THE CAPTAIN WAS RIGHT. THE BARBARIC AND RECKLESS PERSECUTION OF FISHERMEN WILL ONE DAY WIPE OUT THE LAST WHALE IN THE OCEAN.
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WHEN A STRONG PRECIPITATED WIND
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HAS NO MORE EBB AND FLOW
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ON MAY 24, 1863, ON A SUNDAY, MY UNCLE, PROFESSOR LIDENBROCK, RUSHED BACK TO HIS SMALL HOUSE AT KÖNIG
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NOISY BUT NOT ODOURLESS
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AND THE MATRIX TOO OPEN
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THUS WERE FORMED THESE IMMENSE LAYERS OF COAL THAT EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION MUST, HOWEVER, EXHAUST IN LESS THAN THREE CENTURIES IF THE INDUSTRIOUS PEOPLES ARE NOT CAREFUL.
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THREW HIM INTO ETERNITY.
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WAITING IN VAIN FOR THE PHALLUS.
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BUT WHAT IS ONLY THE FIRST AGE FOR THE WORKS OF NATURE IS ALREADY THE OBSOLESCENCE FOR HUMAN WORKS.
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SO EVERYTHING GOES BACK TO THE GRAVE
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I’VE LOST FOR A YEAR NOW.
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I PITY YOU THEN, MR FOGG, BECAUSE ISOLATION IS A SAD THING. WHAT! NOT A HEART TO POUR YOUR SORROWS INTO IT. HOWEVER, IT IS SAID THAT MISERY ITSELF IS STILL BEARABLE FOR TWO!
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ALL THAT SAW, ALL THAT WAS
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MY COMPANIONS, ALREADY TOO OLD,
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I WAS IN JUSTICE AND IN LAW,” HE ADDED. I DID EVERYWHERE THE GOOD I COULD, AND ALSO THE BAD I HAD TO DO. NOT ALL JUSTICE IS IN FORGIVENESS!
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SO EVERYTHING CHANGES, SO EVERYTHING FALLS
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AND MY BEAUTIFUL PERINEAL HAIR
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ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MY INTIMATE ENEMY….
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ILLUSIONS… AND ASS HAIR.
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ARE SWALLOWED UP IN VARIOUS PLACES.
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WE NO LONGER TASTE THE MUSIC, WE SWALLOW IT!
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TO THE LIPS OF YOUNG VIRGINS
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I COVERED WITH MY FRIENDLY SHADOW
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GOODBYE, SUNSHINE! HE CRIED OUT. DISAPPEAR, RADIANT STAR! LIE DOWN UNDER THIS OPEN SEA AND LET A SIX
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GROW IN PEACE, YOU INGENIOUS HAIRS,
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THE GENET OF THE SCHOOLBOY
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