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“fifty years ago did Nathan Swain kill fifteen whales between a sunrise and a sunset. And that harpoon—so like a corkscrew now—was flung”
― Moby-Dick
― Moby-Dick
“Hallward. Had he gone to his aunt's, he would have”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Containing several hundred languages, among them several world languages, the Indo-European language family is the language family with the most speakers world-wide.”
― The Little Book of Languages
― The Little Book of Languages
“second time you have made that observation. If one puts forward an idea to a true Englishman--always a rash thing to do--he never dreams of considering whether the idea is right or wrong. The only thing”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“servants' part of the house, the half-clad domestics were talking in low whispers to each other. Old Mrs. Leaf was crying and wringing her hands. Francis was as pale as death. After about a quarter of an hour, he got the coachman and one of the footmen and crept upstairs. They knocked, but there was no reply. They called out. Everything was still. Finally, after vainly trying to force the door, they got on the roof and dropped down on to the balcony. The windows yielded easily--their bolts”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
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