I am induced to think, said Pencroft, that this man was not wrecked on Tabor Island, but that in consequence of some crime he was left there.
Abre bien los ojos, mira.
Put two ships in the open sea, without wind or tide, and, at last, they will come together. Throw two planets into space, and they will fall one on the other. Place two enemies in the midst of a crowd...
The human imagination soon got caught up in the most ridiculous ichthyological fantasies.
What!You know German?
To the sheepfold!
Solitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance.
Me entusiasmaba la idea de atravesar el Atlántico sobre aquel gigantesco barco.
Aures habent et non audient` - `They have ears but hear not
Are we rising again? No. On the contrary. Are we descending? Worse than that, captain! we are falling!
Though sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting!
Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.
The molluscs, the crustaceans and le fishes,
Yes, forgotten by all else, but not by us.
Where others have failed, I will not fail.
Now then, it did exist, this was an undeniable fact; and since the human mind dotes on objects of wonder, you can understand the worldwide excitement caused by this unearthly apparition. As
Life is not all sunshine, but yet I would willingly consent to live ten centuries out of pure curiosity! That
Indian dancing-girls, clothed in rose-coloured gauze, looped up with gold and silver, danced airily, but with perfect modesty, to the sound of viols and the clanging of tambourines.
I suppose that, after visiting the curious coasts of Arabia and Egypt, the Nautilus will go down the Indian Ocean again, perhaps cross the Channel of Mozambique, perhaps off the Mascarenhas, so as to...
I see that it is by no means useless to travel, if a man wants to see something new.