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The Mysterious Island
Few can possibly have forgotten the terrible storm from the northeast, in the middle of the equinox of that year.
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Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon
It contained about a hundred of these lines, with the letters at even distances, and undivided into words.
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Five Weeks in a Balloon
The End of a much-applauded Speech. The Presentation of Dr. Samuel Ferguson. Excelsior. Full-length Portrait of the Doctor. A Fatalist convinced. A Dinner at the Travellers‘ Club. Several Toasts for the Occasion.
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Master of the World
In the remarkable passages of the recital, it is important that you should believe my word. For some of the facts I can bring no other testimony than my own.
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Robur the Conqueror
Who were these two gentlemen? We do not know, although this would be an excellent opportunity to hand down.
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The Moon-Voyage
During the Federal war in the United States a new and very influential club was established in the city of Baltimore, Maryland. It is well known with what energy the military instinct was developed amongst that nation of shipowners, shopkeepers, and mechanics. Mere tradesmen jumped their counters to become extempore captains, colonels, and generals without…
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Around the World in 80 Days
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, though he seemed always to avoid attracting attention; an enigmatical personage, about whom little was known, except that he was a polished…