https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/ Latest chapter updates in English. en https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/74/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/74/ The old man was uptown again before breakfast, but couldn’t get no track of Tom; and both of them set at the table thinking, and not saying nothing, and looking mournful, and th... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/73/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/73/ The doctor was an old man; a very nice, kind-looking old man when I got him up. I told him me and my brother was over on Spanish Island hunting yesterday afternoon, and camped o... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/72/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/72/ We was feeling pretty good after breakfast, and took my canoe and went over the river a-fishing, with a lunch, and had a good time, and took a look at the raft and found her all... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/71/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/71/ In the morning we went up to the village and bought a wire rat-trap and fetched it down, and unstopped the best rat-hole, and in about an hour we had fifteen of the bulliest kin... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/70/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/70/ Making them pens was a distressid tough job, and so was the saw; and Jim allowed the inscription was going to be the toughest of all. That’s the one which the prisoner has to sc... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/69/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/69/ That was all fixed. So then we went away and went to the rubbage-pile in the back yard, where they keep the old boots, and rags, and pieces of bottles, and wore-out tin things,... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/68/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/68/ As soon as we reckoned everybody was asleep that night we went down the lightning-rod, and shut ourselves up in the lean-to, and got out our pile of fox-fire, and went to work.... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/67/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/67/ It would be most an hour yet till breakfast, so we left and struck down into the woods; because Tom said we got to have _some_ light to see how to dig by, and a lantern makes to... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/66/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/66/ “So it was—I noticed it. Well, it does beat all that I never thought about a dog not eating watermelon. It shows how a body can see and don’t see at the same time.” https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/65/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/65/ So I started for town in the wagon, and when I was half-way I see a wagon coming, and sure enough it was Tom Sawyer, and I stopped and waited till he come along. I says “Hold on... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/64/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/64/ When I got there it was all still and Sunday-like, and hot and sunshiny; the hands was gone to the fields; and there was them kind of faint dronings of bugs and flies in the air... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/63/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/63/ We dasn’t stop again at any town for days and days; kept right along down the river. We was down south in the warm weather now, and a mighty long ways from home. We begun to com... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/62/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/62/ “Honest, I’ll tell you everything just as it happened, your majesty. The man that had a-holt of me was very good to me, and kept saying he had a boy about as big as me that died... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/62/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/62/ Happy for all her maternal feelings was the day on which Mrs. Bennet got rid of her two most deserving daughters. With what delighted pride she afterwards visited Mrs. Bingley,... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/61/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/61/ They was fetching a very nice-looking old gentleman along, and a nice-looking younger one, with his right arm in a sling. And, my souls, how the people yelled and laughed, and k... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/61/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/61/ Elizabeth’s spirits soon rising to playfulness again, she wanted Mr. Darcy to account for his having ever fallen in love with her. “How could you begin?” said she. “I can compre... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/60/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/60/ By-and-by it was getting-up time. So I come down the ladder and started for down-stairs; but as I come to the girls’ room the door was open, and I see Mary Jane setting by her o... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/60/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/60/ “My dear Lizzy, where can you have been walking to?” was a question which Elizabeth received from Jane as soon as she entered the room, and from all the others when they sat dow... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/59/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/59/ I crept to their doors and listened; they was snoring. So I tiptoed along, and got down stairs all right. There warn’t a sound anywheres. I peeped through a crack of the dining-... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/59/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/59/ For eleven years, I had not seen Joe nor Biddy with my bodily eyes,—though they had both been often before my fancy in the East,—when, upon an evening in December, an hour or tw... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/59/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/59/ Instead of receiving any such letter of excuse from his friend, as Elizabeth half expected Mr. Bingley to do, he was able to bring Darcy with him to Longbourn before many days h... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/58/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/58/ Well, when they was all gone the king he asks Mary Jane how they was off for spare rooms, and she said she had one spare room, which would do for Uncle William, and she’d give h... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/58/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/58/ The tidings of my high fortunes having had a heavy fall had got down to my native place and its neighbourhood before I got there. I found the Blue Boar in possession of the inte... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/58/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/58/ The discomposure of spirits which this extraordinary visit threw Elizabeth into could not be easily overcome; nor could she for many hours learn to think of it less than incessa... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/57/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/57/ The news was all over town in two minutes, and you could see the people tearing down on the run from every which way, some of them putting on their coats as they come. Pretty so... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/57/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/57/ Now that I was left wholly to myself, I gave notice of my intention to quit the chambers in the Temple as soon as my tenancy could legally determine, and in the meanwhile to und... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/57/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/57/ One morning, about a week after Bingley’s engagement with Jane had been formed, as he and the females of the family were sitting together in the dining-room, their attention was... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/56/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/56/ Next day, towards night, we laid up under a little willow tow-head out in the middle, where there was a village on each side of the river, and the duke and the king begun to lay... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/56/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/56/ He lay in prison very ill, during the whole interval between his committal for trial and the coming round of the Sessions. He had broken two ribs, they had wounded one of his lu... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/56/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/56/ A few days after this visit, Mr. Bingley called again, and alone. His friend had left him that morning for London, but was to return home in ten days’ time. He sat with them abo... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/55/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/55/ Well, all day him and the king was hard at it, rigging up a stage and a curtain and a row of candles for footlights; and that night the house was jam full of men in no time. Whe... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/55/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/55/ He was taken to the Police Court next day, and would have been immediately committed for trial, but that it was necessary to send down for an old officer of the prison-ship from... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/55/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/55/ As soon as they were gone, Elizabeth walked out to recover her spirits; or, in other words, to dwell without interruption on those subjects which must deaden them more. Mr. Darc... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/54/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/54/ They swarmed up towards Sherburn’s house, a-whooping and raging like Injuns, and everything had to clear the way or get run over and tromped to mush, and it was awful to see. Ch... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/54/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/54/ It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. We had our pea-coats with us, and I took... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/54/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/54/ Mr. Wickham was so perfectly satisfied with this conversation, that he never again distressed himself, or provoked his dear sister Elizabeth, by introducing the subject of it; a... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/53/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/53/ It was after sun-up now, but we went right on and didn’t tie up. The king and the duke turned out by-and-by looking pretty rusty; but after they’d jumped overboard and took a sw... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/53/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/53/ It was a dark night, though the full moon rose as I left the enclosed lands, and passed out upon the marshes. Beyond their dark line there was a ribbon of clear sky, hardly broa... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/53/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/53/ Elizabeth had the satisfaction of receiving an answer to her letter as soon as she possibly could. She was no sooner in possession of it, than hurrying into the little copse, wh... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/52/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/52/ They asked us considerable many questions; wanted to know what we covered up the raft that way for, and laid by in the daytime instead of running—was Jim a runaway nigger? Says I: https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/52/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/52/ From Little Britain I went, with my check in my pocket, to Miss Skiffins’s brother, the accountant; and Miss Skiffins’s brother, the accountant, going straight to Clarriker’s an... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/52/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/52/ Their sister’s wedding-day arrived; and Jane and Elizabeth felt for her probably more than she felt for herself. The carriage was sent to meet them at----, and they were to retu... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/51/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/51/ Two or three days and nights went by; I reckon I might say they swum by, they slid along so quiet and smooth and lovely. Here is the way we put in the time. It was a monstrous b... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/51/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/51/ What purpose I had in view when I was hot on tracing out and proving Estella’s parentage, I cannot say. It will presently be seen that the question was not before me in a distin... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/51/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/51/ Mr. Bennet had very often wished, before this period of his life, that, instead of spending his whole income, he had laid by an annual sum, for the better provision of his child... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/50/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/50/ Col. Grangerford was a gentleman, you see. He was a gentleman all over; and so was his family. He was well born, as the saying is, and that’s worth as much in a man as it is in... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/50/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/50/ My hands had been dressed twice or thrice in the night, and again in the morning. My left arm was a good deal burned to the elbow, and, less severely, as high as the shoulder; i... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/50/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/50/ Two days after Mr. Bennet’s return, as Jane and Elizabeth were walking together in the shrubbery behind the house, they saw the housekeeper coming towards them, and concluding t... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/49/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/49/ “Look here, if you’re telling the truth you needn’t be afraid—nobody’ll hurt you. But don’t try to budge; stand right where you are. Rouse out Bob and Tom, some of you, and fetc... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/49/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/49/ Putting Miss Havisham’s note in my pocket, that it might serve as my credentials for so soon reappearing at Satis House, in case her waywardness should lead her to express any s... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/49/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/49/ The whole party were in hopes of a letter from Mr. Bennet the next morning, but the post came in without bringing a single line from him. His family knew him to be, on all commo... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/48/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/48/ We slept most all day, and started out at night, a little ways behind a monstrous long raft that was as long going by as a procession. She had four long sweeps at each end, so w... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/48/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/48/ The second of the two meetings referred to in the last chapter occurred about a week after the first. I had again left my boat at the wharf below Bridge; the time was an hour ea... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/48/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/48/ “You will laugh when you know where I am gone, and I cannot help laughing myself at your surprise to-morrow morning, as soon as I am missed. I am going to Gretna Green, and if y... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/47/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/47/ We judged that three nights more would fetch us to Cairo, at the bottom of Illinois, where the Ohio River comes in, and that was what we was after. We would sell the raft and ge... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/47/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/47/ Some weeks passed without bringing any change. We waited for Wemmick, and he made no sign. If I had never known him out of Little Britain, and had never enjoyed the privilege of... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/47/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/47/ “I have been thinking it over again, Elizabeth,” said her uncle, as they drove from the town; “and really, upon serious consideration, I am much more inclined than I was to judg... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/46/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/46/ By-and-by, when we got up, we turned over the truck the gang had stole off of the wreck, and found boots, and blankets, and clothes, and all sorts of other things, and a lot of... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/46/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/46/ Eight o’clock had struck before I got into the air, that was scented, not disagreeably, by the chips and shavings of the long-shore boat-builders, and mast, oar, and block maker... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/46/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/46/ Elizabeth had been a good deal disappointed in not finding a letter from Jane on their first arrival at Lambton; and this disappointment had been renewed on each of the mornings... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/45/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/45/ Well, I catched my breath and most fainted. Shut up on a wreck with such a gang as that! But it warn’t no time to be sentimentering. We’d _got_ to find that boat now—had to have... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/45/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/45/ Turning from the Temple gate as soon as I had read the warning, I made the best of my way to Fleet Street, and there got a late hackney chariot and drove to the Hummums in Coven... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/45/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/45/ Convinced as Elizabeth now was that Miss Bingley’s dislike of her had originated in jealousy, she could not help feeling how very unwelcome her appearance at Pemberley must be t... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/44/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/44/ It must a been close on to one o’clock when we got below the island at last, and the raft did seem to go mighty slow. If a boat was to come along we was going to take to the can... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/44/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/44/ In the room where the dressing-table stood, and where the wax-candles burnt on the wall, I found Miss Havisham and Estella; Miss Havisham seated on a settee near the fire, and E... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/44/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/44/ Elizabeth had settled it that Mr. Darcy would bring his sister to visit her the very day after her reaching Pemberley; and was, consequently, resolved not to be out of sight of... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/43/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/43/ “No’m, I ain’t hungry. I was so hungry I had to stop two miles below here at a farm; so I ain’t hungry no more. It’s what makes me so late. My mother’s down sick, and out of mon... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/43/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/43/ Why should I pause to ask how much of my shrinking from Provis might be traced to Estella? Why should I loiter on my road, to compare the state of mind in which I had tried to r... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/43/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/43/ Elizabeth, as they drove along, watched for the first appearance of Pemberley Woods with some perturbation; and when at length they turned in at the lodge, her spirits were in a... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/42/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/42/ After breakfast I wanted to talk about the dead man and guess out how he come to be killed, but Jim didn’t want to. He said it would fetch bad luck; and besides, he said, he mig... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/42/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/42/ “Dear boy and Pip’s comrade. I am not a-going fur to tell you my life like a song, or a story-book. But to give it you short and handy, I’ll put it at once into a mouthful of En... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/42/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/42/ Had Elizabeth’s opinion been all drawn from her own family, she could not have formed a very pleasing picture of conjugal felicity or domestic comfort. Her father, captivated by... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/41/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/41/ I wanted to go and look at a place right about the middle of the island that I’d found when I was exploring; so we started and soon got to it, because the island was only three... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/41/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/41/ In vain should I attempt to describe the astonishment and disquiet of Herbert, when he and I and Provis sat down before the fire, and I recounted the whole of the secret. Enough... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/41/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/41/ The first week of their return was soon gone. The second began. It was the last of the regiment’s stay in Meryton, and all the young ladies in the neighbourhood were drooping ap... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/40/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/40/ The sun was up so high when I waked that I judged it was after eight o’clock. I laid there in the grass and the cool shade thinking about things, and feeling rested and ruther c... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/40/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/40/ It was fortunate for me that I had to take precautions to ensure (so far as I could) the safety of my dreaded visitor; for, this thought pressing on me when I awoke, held other... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/40/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/40/ Elizabeth’s impatience to acquaint Jane with what had happened could no longer be overcome; and at length resolving to suppress every particular in which her sister was concerne... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/39/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/39/ I opened my eyes and looked around, trying to make out where I was. It was after sun-up, and I had been sound asleep. Pap was standing over me looking sour and sick, too. He says: https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/39/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/39/ I was three-and-twenty years of age. Not another word had I heard to enlighten me on the subject of my expectations, and my twenty-third birthday was a week gone. We had left Ba... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/39/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/39/ Reader, I married him. A quiet wedding we had: he and I, the parson and clerk, were alone present. When we got back from church, I went into the kitchen of the manor-house, wher... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/39/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/39/ It was the second week in May, in which the three young ladies set out together from Gracechurch Street for the town of ----, in Hertfordshire; and, as they drew near the appoin... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/38/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/38/ Well, pretty soon the old man was up and around again, and then he went for Judge Thatcher in the courts to make him give up that money, and he went for me, too, for not stoppin... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/38/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/38/ If that staid old house near the Green at Richmond should ever come to be haunted when I am dead, it will be haunted, surely, by my ghost. O the many, many nights and days throu... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/38/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/38/ The manor-house of Ferndean was a building of considerable antiquity, moderate size, and no architectural pretensions, deep buried in a wood. I had heard of it before. Mr. Roche... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/38/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/38/ On Saturday morning Elizabeth and Mr. Collins met for breakfast a few minutes before the others appeared; and he took the opportunity of paying the parting civilities which he d... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/37/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/37/ I had shut the door to. Then I turned around and there he was. I used to be scared of him all the time, he tanned me so much. I reckoned I was scared now, too; but in a minute I... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/37/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/37/ Deeming Sunday the best day for taking Mr. Wemmick’s Walworth sentiments, I devoted the next ensuing Sunday afternoon to a pilgrimage to the Castle. On arriving before the battl... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/37/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/37/ The daylight came. I rose at dawn. I busied myself for an hour or two with arranging my things in my chamber, drawers, and wardrobe, in the order wherein I should wish to leave... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/37/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/37/ The two gentlemen left Rosings the next morning; and Mr. Collins having been in waiting near the lodges, to make them his parting obeisance, was able to bring home the pleasing... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/36/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/36/ Well, three or four months run along, and it was well into the winter now. I had been to school most all the time and could spell and read and write just a little, and could say... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/36/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/36/ Herbert and I went on from bad to worse, in the way of increasing our debts, looking into our affairs, leaving Margins, and the like exemplary transactions; and Time went on, wh... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/36/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/36/ He did not leave for Cambridge the next day, as he had said he would. He deferred his departure a whole week, and during that time he made me feel what severe punishment a good... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/36/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/36/ Elizabeth, when Mr. Darcy gave her the letter, did not expect it to contain a renewal of his offers, she had formed no expectation at all of its contents. But such as they were,... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/35/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/35/ Well, I got a good going-over in the morning from old Miss Watson on account of my clothes; but the widow she didn’t scold, but only cleaned off the grease and clay, and looked... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/35/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/35/ It was the first time that a grave had opened in my road of life, and the gap it made in the smooth ground was wonderful. The figure of my sister in her chair by the kitchen fir... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/35/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/35/ It was near Christmas by the time all was settled: the season of general holiday approached. I now closed Morton school, taking care that the parting should not be barren on my... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/35/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/35/ Elizabeth awoke the next morning to the same thoughts and meditations which had at length closed her eyes. She could not yet recover from the surprise of what had happened: it w... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/34/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/34/ We went tiptoeing along a path amongst the trees back towards the end of the widow’s garden, stooping down so as the branches wouldn’t scrape our heads. When we was passing by t... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/34/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/34/ As I had grown accustomed to my expectations, I had insensibly begun to notice their effect upon myself and those around me. Their influence on my own character I disguised from... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/34/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/34/ When Mr. St. John went, it was beginning to snow; the whirling storm continued all night. The next day a keen wind brought fresh and blinding falls; by twilight the valley was d... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/34/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/34/ When they were gone, Elizabeth, as if intending to exasperate herself as much as possible against Mr. Darcy, chose for her employment the examination of all the letters which Ja... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/33/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/33/ You don’t know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain’t no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/33/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/33/ In her furred travelling-dress, Estella seemed more delicately beautiful than she had ever seemed yet, even in my eyes. Her manner was more winning than she had cared to let it... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/33/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/33/ I continued the labours of the village-school as actively and faithfully as I could. It was truly hard work at first. Some time elapsed before, with all my efforts, I could comp... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/33/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/33/ More than once did Elizabeth, in her ramble within the park, unexpectedly meet Mr. Darcy. She felt all the perverseness of the mischance that should bring him where no one else... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/32/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/32/ The Widows Moses and the “Bulrushers” Miss Watson Huck Stealing Away They Tip-toed Along Jim Tom Sawyer’s Band of Robbers Huck Creeps into his Window Miss Watson’s Lecture The R... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/32/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/32/ One day when I was busy with my books and Mr. Pocket, I received a note by the post, the mere outside of which threw me into a great flutter; for, though I had never seen the ha... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/32/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/32/ My home, then, when I at last find a home,—is a cottage; a little room with whitewashed walls and a sanded floor, containing four painted chairs and a table, a clock, a cupboard... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/32/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/32/ Elizabeth was sitting by herself the next morning, and writing to Jane, while Mrs. Collins and Maria were gone on business into the village, when she was startled by a ring at t... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/31/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/31/ The Widows Moses and the “Bulrushers” Miss Watson Huck Stealing Away They Tip-toed Along Jim Tom Sawyer’s Band of Robbers Huck Creeps into his Window Miss Watson’s Lecture The Robbers Dispersed Rubbing the Lamp ! ! ! ! Judge Thatcher surprised Jim Listening “Pap” Huck and his... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/31/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/31/ On our arrival in Denmark, we found the king and queen of that country elevated in two arm-chairs on a kitchen-table, holding a Court. The whole of the Danish nobility were in a... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/31/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/31/ The more I knew of the inmates of Moor House, the better I liked them. In a few days I had so far recovered my health that I could sit up all day, and walk out sometimes. I coul... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/31/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/31/ Colonel Fitzwilliam’s manners were very much admired at the Parsonage, and the ladies all felt that he must add considerably to the pleasure of their engagements at Rosings. It... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/30/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/30/ The Widows Moses and the “Bulrushers” Miss Watson Huck Stealing Away They Tip-toed Along Jim Tom Sawyer’s Band of Robbers Huck Creeps into his Window Miss Watson’s Lecture The Robbers Dispersed Rubbing the Lamp ! ! ! ! Judge Thatcher surprised Jim Listening “Pap” Huck and his... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/30/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/30/ After well considering the matter while I was dressing at the Blue Boar in the morning, I resolved to tell my guardian that I doubted Orlick’s being the right sort of man to fil... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/30/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/30/ The recollection of about three days and nights succeeding this is very dim in my mind. I can recall some sensations felt in that interval; but few thoughts framed, and no actio... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/30/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/30/ Sir William stayed only a week at Hunsford; but his visit was long enough to convince him of his daughter’s being most comfortably settled, and of her possessing such a husband... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/29/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/29/ The Widows Moses and the “Bulrushers” Miss Watson Huck Stealing Away They Tip-toed Along Jim Tom Sawyer’s Band of Robbers Huck Creeps into his Window Miss Watson’s Lecture The Robbers Dispersed Rubbing the Lamp ! ! ! ! Judge Thatcher surprised Jim Listening “Pap” Huck and his... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/dracula/chapters/29/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/dracula/chapters/29/ _1 November._--All day long we have travelled, and at a good speed. The horses seem to know that they are being kindly treated, for they go willingly their full stage at best sp... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/29/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/29/ Betimes in the morning I was up and out. It was too early yet to go to Miss Havisham’s, so I loitered into the country on Miss Havisham’s side of town,—which was not Joe’s side;... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/29/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/29/ Two days are passed. It is a summer evening; the coachman has set me down at a place called Whitcross; he could take me no farther for the sum I had given, and I was not possess... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/29/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/29/ Mr. Collins’s triumph, in consequence of this invitation, was complete. The power of displaying the grandeur of his patroness to his wondering visitors, and of letting them see... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/28/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/28/ The Widows Moses and the “Bulrushers” Miss Watson Huck Stealing Away They Tip-toed Along Jim Tom Sawyer’s Band of Robbers Huck Creeps into his Window Miss Watson’s Lecture The Robbers Dispersed Rubbing the Lamp ! ! ! ! Judge Thatcher surprised Jim Listening “Pap” Huck and his... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/dracula/chapters/28/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/dracula/chapters/28/ _29 October._--This is written in the train from Varna to Galatz. Last night we all assembled a little before the time of sunset. Each of us had done his work as well as he coul... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frankenstein/chapters/28/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frankenstein/chapters/28/ My present situation was one in which all voluntary thought was swallowed up and lost. I was hurried away by fury; revenge alone endowed me with strength and composure; it mould... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/28/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/28/ It was clear that I must repair to our town next day, and in the first flow of my repentance, it was equally clear that I must stay at Joe’s. But, when I had secured my box-plac... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/28/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/28/ Some time in the afternoon I raised my head, and looking round and seeing the western sun gilding the sign of its decline on the wall, I asked, “What am I to do?” https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/28/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/28/ Every object in the next day’s journey was new and interesting to Elizabeth; and her spirits were in a state of enjoyment; for she had seen her sister looking so well as to bani... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/27/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/27/ The Widows Moses and the “Bulrushers” Miss Watson Huck Stealing Away They Tip-toed Along Jim Tom Sawyer’s Band of Robbers Huck Creeps into his Window Miss Watson’s Lecture The Robbers Dispersed Rubbing the Lamp ! ! ! ! Judge Thatcher surprised Jim Listening “Pap” Huck and his... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/dracula/chapters/27/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/dracula/chapters/27/ I think that none of us were surprised when we were asked to see Mrs. Harker a little before the time of sunset. We have of late come to understand that sunrise and sunset are t... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frankenstein/chapters/27/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frankenstein/chapters/27/ It was eight o’clock when we landed; we walked for a short time on the shore, enjoying the transitory light, and then retired to the inn and contemplated the lovely scene of wat... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/27/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/27/ “I write this by request of Mr. Gargery, for to let you know that he is going to London in company with Mr. Wopsle and would be glad if agreeable to be allowed to see you. He wo... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/27/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/27/ Sophie came at seven to dress me: she was very long indeed in accomplishing her task; so long that Mr. Rochester, grown, I suppose, impatient of my delay, sent up to ask why I d... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/27/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/27/ With no greater events than these in the Longbourn family, and otherwise diversified by little beyond the walks to Meryton, sometimes dirty and sometimes cold, did January and F... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/26/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/26/ The Widows Moses and the “Bulrushers” Miss Watson Huck Stealing Away They Tip-toed Along Jim Tom Sawyer’s Band of Robbers Huck Creeps into his Window Miss Watson’s Lecture The Robbers Dispersed Rubbing the Lamp ! ! ! ! Judge Thatcher surprised Jim Listening “Pap” Huck and his... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/dracula/chapters/26/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/dracula/chapters/26/ You are to stay with your dear Madam Mina. We shall go to make our search--if I can call it so, for it is not search but knowing, and we seek confirmation only. But do you stay... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frankenstein/chapters/26/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frankenstein/chapters/26/ The voyage came to an end. We landed, and proceeded to Paris. I soon found that I had overtaxed my strength and that I must repose before I could continue my journey. My father’... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/26/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/26/ It fell out as Wemmick had told me it would, that I had an early opportunity of comparing my guardian’s establishment with that of his cashier and clerk. My guardian was in his... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/26/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/26/ The month of courtship had wasted: its very last hours were being numbered. There was no putting off the day that advanced—the bridal day; and all preparations for its arrival w... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/26/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/26/ Mrs. Gardiner’s caution to Elizabeth was punctually and kindly given on the first favourable opportunity of speaking to her alone: after honestly telling her what she thought, s... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/25/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/25/ The Widows Moses and the “Bulrushers” Miss Watson Huck Stealing Away They Tip-toed Along Jim Tom Sawyer’s Band of Robbers Huck Creeps into his Window Miss Watson’s Lecture The Robbers Dispersed Rubbing the Lamp ! ! ! ! Judge Thatcher surprised Jim Listening “Pap” Huck and his... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/dracula/chapters/25/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/dracula/chapters/25/ _3 October._--The time seemed terribly long whilst we were waiting for the coming of Godalming and Quincey Morris. The Professor tried to keep our minds active by using them all... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frankenstein/chapters/25/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frankenstein/chapters/25/ I was soon introduced into the presence of the magistrate, an old benevolent man with calm and mild manners. He looked upon me, however, with some degree of severity, and then,... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/25/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/25/ Bentley Drummle, who was so sulky a fellow that he even took up a book as if its writer had done him an injury, did not take up an acquaintance in a more agreeable spirit. Heavy... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/25/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/25/ As I rose and dressed, I thought over what had happened, and wondered if it were a dream. I could not be certain of the reality till I had seen Mr. Rochester again, and heard hi... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/25/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/25/ After a week spent in professions of love and schemes of felicity, Mr. Collins was called from his amiable Charlotte by the arrival of Saturday. The pain of separation, however,... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/24/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/24/ The Widows Moses and the “Bulrushers” Miss Watson Huck Stealing Away They Tip-toed Along Jim Tom Sawyer’s Band of Robbers Huck Creeps into his Window Miss Watson’s Lecture The Robbers Dispersed Rubbing the Lamp ! ! ! ! Judge Thatcher surprised Jim Listening “Pap” Huck and his... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/dracula/chapters/24/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/dracula/chapters/24/ _3 October._--As I must do something or go mad, I write this diary. It is now six o’clock, and we are to meet in the study in half an hour and take something to eat; for Dr. Van... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frankenstein/chapters/24/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frankenstein/chapters/24/ I sat one evening in my laboratory; the sun had set, and the moon was just rising from the sea; I had not sufficient light for my employment, and I remained idle, in a pause of... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/24/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/24/ After two or three days, when I had established myself in my room and had gone backwards and forwards to London several times, and had ordered all I wanted of my tradesmen, Mr.... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/24/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/24/ A splendid Midsummer shone over England: skies so pure, suns so radiant as were then seen in long succession, seldom favour even singly, our wave-girt land. It was as if a band... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/24/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/24/ Miss Bingley’s letter arrived, and put an end to doubt. The very first sentence conveyed the assurance of their being all settled in London for the winter, and concluded with he... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sherlock-holmes-adventures/chapters/24/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sherlock-holmes-adventures/chapters/24/ “It was only yesterday that the chance came. I may tell you that, besides Mr. Rucastle, both Toller and his wife find something to do in these deserted rooms, and I once saw him... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/23/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/23/ The Widows Moses and the “Bulrushers” Miss Watson Huck Stealing Away They Tip-toed Along Jim Tom Sawyer’s Band of Robbers Huck Creeps into his Window Miss Watson’s Lecture The Robbers Dispersed Rubbing the Lamp ! ! ! ! Judge Thatcher surprised Jim Listening “Pap” Huck and his... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/dracula/chapters/23/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/dracula/chapters/23/ _3 October._--Let me put down with exactness all that happened, as well as I can remember it, since last I made an entry. Not a detail that I can recall must be forgotten; in al... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frankenstein/chapters/23/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frankenstein/chapters/23/ London was our present point of rest; we determined to remain several months in this wonderful and celebrated city. Clerval desired the intercourse of the men of genius and tale... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/23/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/23/ Mr. Pocket said he was glad to see me, and he hoped I was not sorry to see him. “For, I really am not,” he added, with his son’s smile, “an alarming personage.” He was a young-l... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/23/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/23/ Mr. Rochester had given me but one week’s leave of absence: yet a month elapsed before I quitted Gateshead. I wished to leave immediately after the funeral, but Georgiana entrea... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/23/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/23/ Elizabeth was sitting with her mother and sisters, reflecting on what she had heard, and doubting whether she was authorized to mention it, when Sir William Lucas himself appear... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sherlock-holmes-adventures/chapters/23/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sherlock-holmes-adventures/chapters/23/ “‘DEAR MISS HUNTER,—Miss Stoper has very kindly given me your address, and I write from here to ask you whether you have reconsidered your decision. My wife is very anxious that... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/22/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/22/ The Widows Moses and the “Bulrushers” Miss Watson Huck Stealing Away They Tip-toed Along Jim Tom Sawyer’s Band of Robbers Huck Creeps into his Window Miss Watson’s Lecture The Robbers Dispersed Rubbing the Lamp ! ! ! ! Judge Thatcher surprised Jim Listening “Pap” Huck and his... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/dracula/chapters/22/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/dracula/chapters/22/ _1 October, evening._--I found Thomas Snelling in his house at Bethnal Green, but unhappily he was not in a condition to remember anything. The very prospect of beer which my ex... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frankenstein/chapters/22/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frankenstein/chapters/22/ Day after day, week after week, passed away on my return to Geneva; and I could not collect the courage to recommence my work. I feared the vengeance of the disappointed fiend,... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/22/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/22/ The pale young gentleman and I stood contemplating one another in Barnard’s Inn, until we both burst out laughing. “The idea of its being you!” said he. “The idea of its being _... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/22/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/22/ Presentiments are strange things! and so are sympathies; and so are signs; and the three combined make one mystery to which humanity has not yet found the key. I never laughed a... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/22/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/22/ The Bennets were engaged to dine with the Lucases; and again, during the chief of the day, was Miss Lucas so kind as to listen to Mr. Collins. Elizabeth took an opportunity of t... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sherlock-holmes-adventures/chapters/22/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sherlock-holmes-adventures/chapters/22/ “I will tell you, then, what occurred in your house last night. Your niece, when you had, as she thought, gone to your room, slipped down and talked to her lover through the win... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/21/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/21/ The Widows Moses and the “Bulrushers” Miss Watson Huck Stealing Away They Tip-toed Along Jim Tom Sawyer’s Band of Robbers Huck Creeps into his Window Miss Watson’s Lecture The Robbers Dispersed Rubbing the Lamp ! ! ! ! Judge Thatcher surprised Jim Listening “Pap” Huck and his... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/dracula/chapters/21/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/dracula/chapters/21/ _1 October, 5 a. m._--I went with the party to the search with an easy mind, for I think I never saw Mina so absolutely strong and well. I am so glad that she consented to hold... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frankenstein/chapters/21/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frankenstein/chapters/21/ The being finished speaking and fixed his looks upon me in the expectation of a reply. But I was bewildered, perplexed, and unable to arrange my ideas sufficiently to understand... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/21/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/21/ Casting my eyes on Mr. Wemmick as we went along, to see what he was like in the light of day, I found him to be a dry man, rather short in stature, with a square wooden face, wh... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/21/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/21/ I had forgotten to draw my curtain, which I usually did, and also to let down my window-blind. The consequence was, that when the moon, which was full and bright (for the night... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/21/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/21/ The discussion of Mr. Collins’s offer was now nearly at an end, and Elizabeth had only to suffer from the uncomfortable feelings necessarily attending it, and occasionally from... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sherlock-holmes-adventures/chapters/21/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sherlock-holmes-adventures/chapters/21/ “The gas was half up, as I had left it, and my unhappy boy, dressed only in his shirt and trousers, was standing beside the light, holding the coronet in his hands. He appeared... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/20/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/20/ The Widows Moses and the “Bulrushers” Miss Watson Huck Stealing Away They Tip-toed Along Jim Tom Sawyer’s Band of Robbers Huck Creeps into his Window Miss Watson’s Lecture The Robbers Dispersed Rubbing the Lamp ! ! ! ! Judge Thatcher surprised Jim Listening “Pap” Huck and his... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/dracula/chapters/20/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/dracula/chapters/20/ _30 September._--I got home at five o’clock, and found that Godalming and Morris had not only arrived, but had already studied the transcript of the various diaries and letters... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frankenstein/chapters/20/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frankenstein/chapters/20/ “Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live? Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed? I know not; despair had not yet ta... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/20/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/20/ The journey from our town to the metropolis was a journey of about five hours. It was a little past midday when the four-horse stage-coach by which I was a passenger, got into t... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/20/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/20/ The library looked tranquil enough as I entered it, and the Sibyl—if Sibyl she were—was seated snugly enough in an easy-chair at the chimney-corner. She had on a red cloak and a... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/20/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/20/ Mr. Collins was not left long to the silent contemplation of his successful love; for Mrs. Bennet, having dawdled about in the vestibule to watch for the end of the conference,... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sherlock-holmes-adventures/chapters/20/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sherlock-holmes-adventures/chapters/20/ “Then we had a talk as to what we should do, and Frank was all for openness, but I was so ashamed of it all that I felt as if I should like to vanish away and never see any of t... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/19/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/19/ The Widows Moses and the “Bulrushers” Miss Watson Huck Stealing Away They Tip-toed Along Jim Tom Sawyer’s Band of Robbers Huck Creeps into his Window Miss Watson’s Lecture The Robbers Dispersed Rubbing the Lamp ! ! ! ! Judge Thatcher surprised Jim Listening “Pap” Huck and his... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/dracula/chapters/19/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/dracula/chapters/19/ The Professor was delighted. “Ah, that wonderful Madam Mina,” he said, “pearl among women! She arrive, but I cannot stay. She must go to your house, friend John. You must meet h... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frankenstein/chapters/19/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frankenstein/chapters/19/ “Such was the history of my beloved cottagers. It impressed me deeply. I learned, from the views of social life which it developed, to admire their virtues and to deprecate the... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/19/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/19/ Morning made a considerable difference in my general prospect of Life, and brightened it so much that it scarcely seemed the same. What lay heaviest on my mind was, the consider... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/19/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/19/ Merry days were these at Thornfield Hall; and busy days too: how different from the first three months of stillness, monotony, and solitude I had passed beneath its roof! All sa... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/19/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/19/ The next day opened a new scene at Longbourn. Mr. Collins made his declaration in form. Having resolved to do it without loss of time, as his leave of absence extended only to t... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sherlock-holmes-adventures/chapters/19/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sherlock-holmes-adventures/chapters/19/ “Thank you. I have already learned all that is in the public prints, nothing more. I presume that I may take it as correct—this article, for example, as to the disappearance of... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/18/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/18/ The Widows Moses and the “Bulrushers” Miss Watson Huck Stealing Away They Tip-toed Along Jim Tom Sawyer’s Band of Robbers Huck Creeps into his Window Miss Watson’s Lecture The Robbers Dispersed Rubbing the Lamp ! ! ! ! Judge Thatcher surprised Jim Listening “Pap” Huck and his... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/dracula/chapters/18/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/dracula/chapters/18/ It was just a quarter before twelve o’clock when we got into the churchyard over the low wall. The night was dark with occasional gleams of moonlight between the rents of the he... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frankenstein/chapters/18/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frankenstein/chapters/18/ “Some time elapsed before I learned the history of my friends. It was one which could not fail to impress itself deeply on my mind, unfolding as it did a number of circumstances... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/18/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/18/ It was in the fourth year of my apprenticeship to Joe, and it was a Saturday night. There was a group assembled round the fire at the Three Jolly Bargemen, attentive to Mr. Wops... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/18/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/jane-eyre/chapters/18/ A week passed, and no news arrived of Mr. Rochester: ten days, and still he did not come. Mrs. Fairfax said she should not be surprised if he were to go straight from the Leas t... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/18/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pride-and-prejudice/chapters/18/ Till Elizabeth entered the drawing-room at Netherfield, and looked in vain for Mr. Wickham among the cluster of red coats there assembled, a doubt of his being present had never... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sherlock-holmes-adventures/chapters/18/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sherlock-holmes-adventures/chapters/18/ “How long I remained unconscious I cannot tell. It must have been a very long time, for the moon had sunk, and a bright morning was breaking when I came to myself. My clothes we... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/17/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/huckleberry-finn/chapters/17/ The Widows Moses and the “Bulrushers” Miss Watson Huck Stealing Away They Tip-toed Along Jim Tom Sawyer’s Band of Robbers Huck Creeps into his Window Miss Watson’s Lecture The Robbers Dispersed Rubbing the Lamp ! ! ! ! Judge Thatcher surprised Jim Listening “Pap” Huck and his... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/dracula/chapters/17/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/dracula/chapters/17/ For a while sheer anger mastered me; it was as if he had during her life struck Lucy on the face. I smote the table hard and rose up as I said to him:-- https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frankenstein/chapters/17/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frankenstein/chapters/17/ “I now hasten to the more moving part of my story. I shall relate events that impressed me with feelings which, from what I had been, have made me what I am. https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/17/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/great-expectations/chapters/17/ I now fell into a regular routine of apprenticeship life, which was varied beyond the limits of the village and the marshes, by no more remarkable circumstance than the arrival...