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"Now there spoke old Louis XIV!" laughed young Jerome Bonaparte. We both bowed, and he passed down with Annabel into the hall. |
"You said you would like to hear my service in D flat--'Sharnall in D flat,' did you not? I will play it through to you now, if you care to listen. Of course, I can only give you the general effect, without voices, though, after all, I don't know that you won't get quite as good an idea of it as you could with any voic... |
"Well, I do approve. It's a pity Genevieve couldn't learn to cook too. I've seen this girl and I want my children under her. I count it a privilege to have them under her. I like her looks. She doesn't paint her face, nor bob her hair, nor wear clothes way up to her knees. And she doesn't wear dangle-dangles in her ear... |
The verisimilitude proved too much for Maru. In spite of cuffs fiercely renewed, and a desperate effort to keep her limp body from the floor, she sank from her mentor's grasp, clutching the thin old legs, and sobbing, "They are bewitching our Miss Yuki,--I know they are! Foxes are shut in that black box! She will get f... |
When they had gone he looked blankly at the paper 176 in his hand--then, remembering that it was Saturday and there was need for haste, he hailed a taxi. |
When, therefore, Haroun said to him, "Kaseem, I have been told that you have a certain small brush of potent virtue. Give it to me." |
It was a peculiarity of the Carquinez Wood that it stood apart and distinct in its gigantic individuality. Even where the integrity of its own singular species was not entirely preserved, it admitted no inferior trees. Nor was there any diminishing fringe on its outskirts; the sentinels that guarded the few gateways of... |
So wrote Clara; though, at the time, she knew not how soon her words would be verified. As soon as the term of mourning had expired, though little inclined for the exertion, she conquered her own shrinking repugnance to asserting and adopting her own rights; and, to the astonishment of Mr. and Mrs. Barclay, she accepte... |
"I could not rest, I was so anxious about my lady, and an hour after I was abed, I rose and dressed myself and went to her room. She was on her knees, praying by the bedside of her child, and I stole softly away without disturbing her. |
"Yes," said Mr. Streeter. "But in dealing with a stranger we shall certainly have to put a 'stop loss' order at four points above, and that would leave you only two points of safety--surely not enough." |
"Bless their hearts," said Ted vaguely; and she did not get any further definition from him that evening. |
Il tourna lentement les yeux vers moi; mais sans doute il etait trop epuise pour marquer aucune surprise. Tout ce qu'il put faire fut d'articuler ces mots: |
"He will *not*. He says it's got to be saved. He's killing the nerve--on the Spanish Inquisition principle. I'd go to the fifty cent yankers this minute if I didn't have a saw-off with Selters." |
The love of the pretty Marietta offered Fabrizio all the charms of the most delightful friendship, which set him dreaming of the happiness of the same order which he might have been finding in the Duchessa's company. |
The parents suddenly became silent. Their faces still wore a smile, but there was a melancholy earnestness in their eyes. |
"Very weel," replied Jeanie, again blushing, but still more deeply than before; "the song is pretty, an' the air delightfu'; but some o' the verses are riddles to me. I dinna thoroughly understan them." |
"Okay," he said at last. "I'm game. Now how about answering a few questions for me, Miss ... ah ..." |
"You've gotter have a kid to run errands for youse, Mr. Sedgwick," he pleaded. |
And he took forth and held out to me a clean silk handkerchief. Now a person who did not know M. Paul, who was unused to him and his impulses, would naturally have bungled at this offer--declined accepting the same--et cetera. But I too plainly felt this would never do: the slightest hesitation would have been fatal to... |
A gentle quivering crept upon Bert's senses. "That's the engine," said the compact young man approvingly. "Now we shan't be long." |
"Hm-m; I suppose so. Still, I think 'twould have been better if Cyril could have selected some one that *wasn't* musical--say a more domestic wife. He's so terribly unpractical himself about household matters." |
Kennedy shook his head, but did not venture a reply to the question that was in his own mind. I felt that it must have something to do with her fears regarding the Black Book. Had she, too, surmised that Murtha had employed his henchman, Dopey Jack, to recover the book from Langhorne? Had she feared that Dopey Jack mig... |
There was a swift step on the pavement, the determined click of a latch-key, and the clang of a closing door. |
Lilic and Zwillievic likewise joined the train, for now that the bird had flown away from the nest their task was over. |
"I am fond of facing the truth, though some day you will deny that. Where is that queer friend of yours?" |
'My darling, wherever you may be, morning and night join your thoughts with mine in prayer,' said her mother. 'And when moments of perplexity come to you, never forget the words, "In your patience ye shall win your souls."' |
He had crumpled his handkerchief into a ball, and was actually bobbing at his eyes with it,--the idea of Percy Woodville being dissolved in tears was excruciatingly funny,--but, just then, I could hardly tell him so. |
Madame came back to consciousness of sordid things as the Roumanian ostentatiously turned out his trouser-pockets. |
"Rat it all!" the constable ejaculated, casting a glance over his shoulder and dipping a hand wide of the basin. |
"That's true enough. And now, Master Jack, you've had quite enough for your penny, and I won't allow Ben to be kept waiting any longer." |
Melmotte sat up during the greater part of the night, sometimes sipping brandy and water, and sometimes smoking. But he did no work, and hardly touched a paper after his wife left him. |
"I don't know. When I am in this delightfully disorganised country the mild animosities of English party strife fill me with contempt. I was reading the 'Births, deaths, and marriages' just to prove to myself that there are natural tragedies and romances, even in the decently regulated areas of Bayswater and Mayfair." |
The advancing wave soon produced a sympathetic ripple in the Bun Hill establishment. Grubb routed out his flying-machine model again, tried it in the yard behind the shop, got a kind of flight out of it, and broke seventeen panes of glass and nine flower-pots in the greenhouse that occupied the next yard but one. |
"Sshh! You're here now, but--but where have you been all this time? For a man that is, I presume likely, loaded down with money--I presume you must be loaded down with it; you remember you'd said you'd never come back until you was--for that kind of a man I must say you look pretty down at the heel." |
The poor fellow was mad, I believe. However, some time afterwards, the President hunted him down, and got hold of him, but I believe he never punished him. As for the wounded man, whether he did live or die, Tom Cringle does not know. |
Meita paitsi ei ollut ketaan ravintolahuoneessa, silla oli viela varhainen aamu, mutta han alensi aanensa melkein kuiskaukseksi, samalla vilkuillen ovelle, kuten sellainen mies tekee, joka ei tahdo, etta hanta salaa kuunnellaan. |
"They was talkin' 'mongst theirselves--not to me. The news had leaked out, like it always does, and they'd trailed the young fellers, a ridin' two broncs and herdin' three loaded jacks, acrosst the range and over here. Then they'd lost the trail somehow. From what I picked up, I allowed they was aimin' to stay till the... |
"But, at any rate, he'll see you safe to the coach," the other rejoined. "And I must be off. I give you joy of it, Mr. Bourdillon. Fine work! Fine work, by Jove! And I shall tell Mr. Ovington so when I see him. You're a marvel! My compliments to your father, young gentleman," addressing Clement. "Glad to have met you, ... |
'I have no explanation,' he replied, 'but that seems to me as likely as any other.' |
I've been wondering why the Bishop of Silchester told me to come here. Did he really think that the spectacle of moderation in the moulding was good for me? Did he fancy that I was a young zealot who required putting in his place? Or did he more subtly realize from the account I gave him of Malford that I was in danger... |
Lady Peggy Laroche was at the Wells, and spent most of her leisure with Antonia. While approving her *protegee's* taste she urged the necessity of prudence. |
Der Graf schwarmend: ,,... Eine hehre Atmospharenlosigkeit ... in zwei Blau ... die sich gegenseitig wie auf einer Himmelsleiter zwischen Sturm und Blitz in die Weltharmonie schleudern ..." |
This was horrible. Mark saw some likeness between Margot's pink splendour and the new posters clever people made for him. He must be wrong. He uncertainly fingered the pile of poker chips and asked Gurdy, "D'you think sister's--too dressed up?" |
Instead of going out immediately for a walk with Winchie, as was the habit, she lingered about the house, keeping herself busily occupied. She must write Basil. What she said must be final, for she owed him the truth. And she must not say much; a long letter would give him hope, no matter what words she used, and would... |
The bell gave forth a dull and broken clang, which seemed like an echo of the wails of sorrow that peopled the huge building with their weird and monotonous sounds. |
So, after all, Nikky uneasily presented his gift; and nothing untoward happened. He was rewarded, however, by such a glow of pleasure and gratitude from the boy that his scruples faded. |
"Olin aikeissa pikapuolin kirjottaa teille jonkun sanan", sanoi Saccard. "Me valmistamme luetteloa konttorihenkilokunnastamme ja te olette siina ensimaisten joukossa. Luullakseni tulette sijotetuksi liikkeellelaskukonttoriin." |
desire, except it was of things which I had not, and they were171 but trifles, though indeed of great use to me. I had, as I |
And he knew she would not. He had seen too many guns fired not to recognize technique. If she had learned to shoot that well, there was no doubt she could have hit him the first time. |
"Think of him up there." Dr. Valdez closed his eyes. "Completely alone. Total silence except for the sound of his own breathing. He sees nothing but stars, intensely bright, above him, beneath his feet, on all sides, the silver smear of the Milky Way, the Clouds of Magellan, the nebulae. The Earth is a great, swollen b... |
"You may!" said Mr. Haliburton emphatically. [pg 363] He was too deeply chagrined to play his part any longer. |
The group is small enough. It is so much of course that a class-man should get his testamur that there is no excitement about it; generally the man himself stops to receive it. |
"Captain," says Alan, "I doubt your word is a breakable. Last night ye haggled and argle-bargled like an apple-wife; and then passed me your word, and gave me your hand to back it; and ye ken very well what was the upshot. Be damned to your word!" says he. |
"Yes, yes! but how is one to know what is true, my dear? There are so many differing claims to the quality!" |
Joinakin selkenemishetkina kun han saattoi ajatella koko elamaansa, saalittivat hanta kovasti nuoret tytot, mitka naitetaan miehille, joita he eivat rakasta, ja saalinsa oli sita syvempi, kun haneen itseensa oli kohdistunut koko ankaruudessaan vakivallalla kohdellun luonnon kirous, ja hanhan oli kuitenkin vain mies. |
"So I know only what I've seen. You told me the oldest girl had broke her knee, and that's all you've said. But I see this girl a-hanging dish-towels, and opening the kitchen door to let out the smoke each time she's burned up a batch of something, and I guessed she wasn't what you might call a graduate of one of those... |
About four o'clock in the afternoon nearly fifty thousand men surrounded the Convention. It seemed as though gusts of fierce breath and furious menace could be felt in the air. During the day the Conventional party held several parleys with the Sectionists. Both sides were feeling their opponent's pulse. For example, t... |
Along the way I collided with something, something moving that twisted away from me and cried out. It was Maida and at my voice she answered. |
We were fighting by rule, too. Some one--I cannot say who--had taken up the affair, and was imposing the right ceremonial upon us. It may have been the cheerful, blue-jerseyed Irishman, to whose knee I returned at the end of each round to be freshened up around the face and neck with a dripping boat-sponge. He had an e... |
"A whole year!" Natasha repeated suddenly, only now realizing that the marriage was to be postponed for a year. "But why a year? Why a year?..." |
"Listen, and I will tell you. Before I die it is only right that you should know the truth--you who are my only friend." |
Peridot gazed after him, and pursed his lips. "Now I wonder what mischief that fellow is up to?" he mused. |
"That policy would suit me exactly," replied her father, with a significant little nod. "I don't wish to lose you, and I'm more afraid of Merwyn than of all the rest together." |
The guard ship on the outer end of the Asteroid Tunnel was anchored in space a short distance from the tunnel itself. It had to carry its own supplies, heavy armament and ammunition. Normally, it was capable of holding off a dozen space fighters, sending them reeling back with the heavy punches from its cannon. |
Coincidiendo las senas con las de Simoun, la declaracion fue recibida como un absurdo y al ladron le aplicaron toda serie de [267]torturas, la maquina electrica inclusive, por aquella impia blasfemia. Mas, la noticia de la desaparicion del joyero habiendo llamado la atencion de toda la Escolta, y habiendose encontrado ... |
Next morning, having once more exercised themselves in fencing for an hour, they went over to Philina's lodging, towards which they had seen their expected coach passing by. But how surprised was Wilhelm, when the coach seemed altogether to have vanished; and how much more so, when Philina was not to be found at home! ... |
"Bah!" I cried, carried away by a burst of enthusiasm, "the distance is scarcely worth speaking about. The thing is to make a start." |
"Judith! You haven't parted with the bonds your grandfather left you?" she exclaimed. |
"Children," said Elya to us, "why are we sitting like lumps of stone? Let us think of a punishment for Mazeppa." |
'We will see; you will see; they all will see. Be still! Let me speak. He has told me about your uncle's will--about the ruby which Miss Bewicke has. How, if you get it from her, you are to have all the money; how, if you don't, he is to have it all. I know! Very well; you will get the ruby. That's what you will do to ... |
"--einer Zeder lehnte und sich die Fussspitzen sonnte. Er bemerkte die sich ihm von beiden Seiten Nahernden nicht, so tief war er in sein leeres oder volles Traumen versunken. Jetzt buckte sich der mutwillige Ascanio nach einem Grashalm, brach denselben und kitzelte damit die Nase des Monches, dass dieser dreimal kraft... |
I've got a little old piano that the keys rattle, and Sunday mornings, for years now, I always go to that after breakfast, and sit down in my apron, and play some anthems that I remember: "As Pants the Hart," and "Glory Be to God in the Highest," and like that. I did it that first Autumn Sunday morning, with my windows... |
"Eh, eh!" the Spaniard said with great composure, "Is that you, captain? What are you doing here?" |
They went out then across the uplands, a sunny ramble, to all Stephen's favourite places. And it happened that when they reached the solitary yew-tree near which Snip was buried, all the rest strolled on, and left Stephen and Miss Anne alone. Before them, down at the foot of the mountains, there stretched a wide plain ... |
"Then run on and ask Miss Maitland if we may. She's in a particularly good temper tonight, so she'll probably say 'yes'. I have some pennies in my pocket." |
While he had been absent in the woods, there had been a conference among his relatives and the principal men of the town, which had resulted in the determination to keep him in Sevenoaks, if possible, in the practice of his profession. |
"Runotar, profetissa, totta puhut", sanoi ylpea kardinaali kiihkeasti, "ja aanesi on kuin tuon Maineen, josta nuoruudessani uneksuin. Puhu, puhu aina!" |
"Oh, pray forgive me! Pray do not be angry with me! I love you so dearly and so truly! Only say that you forgive me." |
'By God!' he said, and again, after further thought, 'By God!' He looked at his tall captain. The captain tightened his lips and nodded. |
Lars Peter bent his head on hearing her hard words. But it was all quite true; except for strict necessities, they had never money to spare. |
But I decided I'd better not tell him. "It wasn't a polite dream," I said. "Let me see if I can walk now." I started down the aisle. "Yes, I'm all right." |
"Sorry for it, miss, but the law makes no distinction with regard to property on the premises. You can always recover by a replevin." |
"We'll buy this little yacht, and I'll turn her into a missionary boat, buying her with funds furnished by the London Evangelical Society, as I'll tell 'em. I'll call her the *Bethlehem* and cruise along the China coast, putting in at ports to hold services. Then we'll sneak away some day and drop down here, with chink... |
"Ten years," she heard herself saying; and unconsciously she wondered why she said it. |
Meanwhile, at the gate, Hendle was asking Dorinda a question. "I think you'll find me a dull sort of fellow after Carrington," he said ruefully. |
"That girl," he interrupted, "is a human being needing help. I have advised her. Now I want to advise you." |
"Austen wouldn't join Mr. Crewe in his little game, anyway," he said. "When Ham Tooting, Crewe's manager, came to him he kicked him downstairs." |
"Remember, M. Mentchikof," I said, "that mademoiselle is a young girl, and I think I may safely say that her heart is in French keeping; therefore be patient in your thoughts of her, however angry towards Zotof." |
Nan waited almost breathlessly. She was watching him with a gaze that searched every detail of his face. She saw the strong veins at his temples standing out, the usually clear eyes stained and bloodshot. She saw him raise one hand wearily to his forehead, and pass it back over his hair. She knew the movement so well. ... |
She sighed gravely. "I wonder if all fathers are like that?" she said. "Anyway, I don't believe yours is as bad as mine." |
"Well, what is it, Burton?" The mere sight of the shambling old fellow enraged Speed now. |
He stopped and took her off the ground as though she had been a child, and bore her swiftly and surely through the dark way. She could see his fiery blue eyes in the gloom, and in the flashes of white light as they passed the windows and arches where the moon streamed in, and as she looked she could feel her own grow b... |
"The show goes great the first night, far as I can see, but De Mott ain't satisfied. |
mit keinem Heller zu bezahlen gedachte. Nachdem der Advokat ihn genugend gedemutigt |
Le lendemain, la chaloupe, coupant obliquement la baie de Nassau, mit le cap sur l'ile Wollaston, pres de laquelle elle mouilla le soir meme. |
"Good morning, miss," said the reddleman, taking off his cap of hareskin, and apparently bearing her no ill-will from recollection of their last meeting. |
"Oh, happy mortal that I am! O lady with the wisdom of Sukman, nephew of Job, the beauty of Jacob, the sweet voice of David, the purity of Mary the Virgin! Listen! Favor me!" |
"All right. Without prejudice! Be it so!" Then Mrs. Jack came in, and having greeted me warmly, we sat down to breakfast. When this was over, Marjory cut a good packet of sandwiches and tied them up herself. These she handed to me saying: |
At length Durward settled a plan of operation on which he could the better reckon, as the execution rested entirely upon himself, and, in the cause in which he was engaged, he felt himself capable of everything. With a firm and bold heart, though conscious of the dangers of his situation, Quentin might be compared to o... |
"Ninety-four, and growing quicker!" he exclaimed, turning toward me with a frightened look. |
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Gutenberg Fiction Paragraphs Dataset
This dataset was created from around 15k fiction books downloaded from Project Gutenberg.
The books were extensively cleaned:
- fix mid-paragraph linebreaks
- remove all front matter, end matter, and other "boilerplate"
- exclude any very small files which were obviously not books
- many other small fixes
The resulting 14.3k cleaned books were then split by paragraph and only those paragraphs between 75 and 2000 characters were retained in the "text" field.
The dataset was then de-duplicated and re-shuffled.
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