Là ou l'on ne peut passer au milieu, il faut passer à coté ou passer dessus !
In the shape of innumerable stars. Thus was formed the Nebulae, of which astronomers have reckoned up nearly 5,000. Among these 5,000 nebulae there is one which has received the name of the Milky Way,...
Great altitude or might be thrown into a horizontal position.
C’est bon, l’oxygène ! Que monsieur ne craigne pas de respirer. Il y en a pour tout le monde. »
Been so much talked of, even through the Atlantic cable, that jesters pretended that this slender fly had stopped a telegram on its passage and was making the most of it. So when the frigate had been...
Your dead sleep quietly, at least, Captain, out of reach of sharks Yes, sir, of sharks and men.
Y de creer a Toussenel este azote no es nada en comparación con el que golpeará a nuestros descendientes cuando los mares estén despoblados de focas y de ballenas. Entonces, llenos de pulpos, de medus...
Why lower oneself to taking pride from being American or British, when you can boast of being man!
Whereas, once under way, you can get so far that going forwards is the only choice.
What human being would ever have conceived the idea of such a journey? and, if such a person really existed, he must be an idiot, whom one would shut up in a lunatic ward, rather than within the walls...
Well, I thought I was so tranquil! I need to give up that illusion! There is decidedly no rest to be had in this world.
We now know most things that can be measured in this world, except the bounds of human ambition!
The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten. Not to mention rumours which agitated the maritime population and...
The superb grottoes or caves of Adjuntah, which rival those of Ellora, and perhaps in general beauty surpass them, occupy the lower end of a small valley about half a mile from the town.
The ship’s officers shared the views of their leader. They could be heard chatting, discussing, arguing, calculating the different chances of an encounter, and observing the vast expanse of the ocean.
The mansion in Saville Row, though not sumptuous, was exceedingly comfortable. The habits of its occupant were such as to demand but little from the sole domestic, but Phileas Fogg required him to be...
Science, great, mighty and in the end unerring, science has fallen into many errors - errors which have been fortunate and useful rather than otherwise, for they have been the steppingstones to truth.
Sabía que era usted pintor, pero no poeta. -Es lo mismo -dijo la señorita Campbell-. El arte es una sola cosa bajo formas distintas.
Personne n'eût pensé à rester chez soi, et surtout personne ne songeait à remettre le pied au Roi Mathias, où des voix comminatoires se faisaient entendre. Que des murs aient des oreilles, passe encor...
Mr. Phileas Fogg lived, in 1872, at No. 7, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens, the house in which Sheridan died in 1814. He was one of the most noticeable members of the Reform Club, though he seemed alw...