The Mysterious Island
Few can possibly have forgotten the terrible storm from the northeast, in the middle of the equinox of that year.
Read MoreFew can possibly have forgotten the terrible storm from the northeast, in the middle of the equinox of that year.
Read MoreIt contained about a hundred of these lines, with the letters at even distances, and undivided into words.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreMere tradesmen jumped their counters to become extempore captains, colonels, and generals without having passed the Military School at West Point; they soon rivalled their colleagues of the old continent, and, like them, gained victories by dint of lavishing bullets, millions, and men. But where Americans singularly surpassed Europeans was in the science of ballistics,…
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