Was he being devoured by one of those secret rages, all the more terrible because contained, and which only burst forth, with irresistible force, at the last moment?
Was Phileas Fogg rich? Undoubtedly. But those who knew him best could not imagine how he had made his fortune, and Mr. Fogg was the last person to whom to apply for the information. He was not lavish,...
Unhappily for his master, as well as himself, his curiosity drew him unconsciously farther off than he intended to go. At last, having seen the Parsee carnival wind away in the distance, he was turnin...
These suckling-pigs were really delicious, and Pencroft was devouring his share with great gusto, when all at once a cry and an oath escaped him. What's the matter? asked Cyrus Harding. The matter? th...
The lad was thirty years old, and his age to that of his employer was as fifteen is to twenty. Please forgive me for this underhanded way of admitting I had turned forty.
The impulse once given to these frightful butcheries, it was impossible to stop them.
The happiest animal in the world, he used to say, would be a snail who could make himself just such a shell as he wanted;I shall try to be an intelligent snail.
The English, says M. Grandidier, have been fortunate in finding in this large and magnificent country a gentle, industrious, and civilized people, who for long have been accustomed to a yoke. But they...
Pero mi intensión no será necesaria... Tomás Roch no es victima de una de esas crisis que antes lo abatían... Es dueño de sí mismo... Y cuando se ve ante la bandera... comprende... retrocede...
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,
Mr. Fogg accordingly tasted the dish, but, despite its spiced sauce, found it far from palatable. He rang for the landlord, and, on his appearance, said, fixing his clear eyes upon him, Is this rabbit...
Learned, clear-headed, and practical, he fulfilled in all emergencies those three conditions which united ought to insure human success--activity of mind and body, impetuous wishes, and powerful will....
If his destiny be strange, it is also sublime.
As I lay on my back, I chanced to open my eyes and perceived a bright spot at the extremity of the tube, 3,000 feet long, transformed now into a gigantic telescope. (p. 83)
Aouda fastened her great eyes, clear as the sacred lakes of the Himalaya, upon him; but the intractable Fogg, as reserved as ever, did not seem at all inclined to throw himself into this lake.
And Pencroft returned to his work, not without uttering a sigh of regret, for every sailor is a born fisherman, and if the pleasure of fishing is in exact proportion to the size of the animal, one can...
Alors, monsieur le capitaine, dit sérieusement Conseil, si par hasard celui-ci était le dernier de sa race, ne conviendrait-il pas de l’épargner dans l’intérêt de la science ? - Peut-être, répliqua...
Nosotros no hemos visto este rayo que tanto hemos buscado. -Hemos visto algo mejor -dijo en voz baja Helena-. Hemos visto la misma felicidad, la que la leyenda atribuye a la observación de este fenóm...
If the seas were cleaned of whales and seals. Then, infested with poulps, medusae, and cuttle-fish, they would become immense centres of infection, since
Administered to the detective a perfect volley of blows, which proved the great superiority of French over English pugilistic skill.