The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum
“Don’t chase me! Don’t chase me!” She had such a frightened little voice that Dorothy stopped and said, “Why not?” “Because,” answered the Princess, also stopping, a safe distance away, “if I run I may...
View ArticleAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll
But here, to Alice’s great surprise, the Duchess’s voice died away, even in the middle of her favourite word ‘moral,’ and the arm that was linked into hers began to tremble. Alice looked up, and there...
View ArticleAround the World in Eighty Days, by Jules Verne
It was necessary to put an end to the struggle, which had lasted for ten minutes, and which would result in the triumph of the Sioux if the train was not stopped. Fort Kearney station, where there was...
View ArticleOn the Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin
Man is but a worm In regard to the domestic animals kept by uncivilised man, it should not be overlooked that they almost always have to struggle for their own food, at least during certain seasons....
View ArticleBirds of America, by John James Audubon
It is generally agreeable to be in the company of individuals who are naturally animated and pleasant. For this reason, nothing can be more gratifying than the society of Woodpeckers in the forests....
View ArticleMoby Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Nor was the pulpit itself without a trace of the same sea-taste that had achieved the ladder and the picture. Its panelled front was in the likeness of a ship’s bluff bows, and the Holy Bible rested on...
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