A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court
Chapter 12: “Slow Torture”
by Mark Twain
The Yankee is bothered by his armor and becomes irritable. The woman, Sandy, is annoying him with her constant inane babble.
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Abbe tells Dantes of a secret treasure.
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"Ione"
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"Ah, yes, ‘t is sweet still to remember,"
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Chapter 25
by Emily Brontë
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The narrator describes the moonlit nights leading up to March and thereafter.
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The men commence their underwater hunt.
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Chapter 26: “The First Newspaper”
by Mark Twain
The Yankee reads the first newspaper and is pleased, except for the tone of flippany of the writing. The monks are impressed with the paper and the Yankee is pleased.
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by Nathaniel Hawthorne
While sitting on a fallen column, the four friends admire the moonlight.
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by William Makepeace Thackeray
The men of Vanity Fair say their farewells as the depart for battle.
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Chapter 18: In Which Phileas Fogg, Passepartout, and Fix Go Each About His Business
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Passepartout, devoted to the completion of his master's objective, insists on helping the crew of the Rangoon in an attempt to expedite the voyage. Unable to locate a relative in Hong Kong, Aouda decides to accompany Phileas to Europe. Detective Fix is further agitated by the travelers' reserving of space on the Carnatic.
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The Water of Life
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Three brothers and one sister work hard to build a palace. They are happy until a visitor tells them what their palace is missing. Each sets out in turn to bring back the water of life, the tree of beauty, and the talking bird. Unfortunately each of the brothers is unsuccessful, and all seems lost until the sister manages to make her way to the mountaintop.
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Ishmael explains the concepts of fast-fish and loose-fish
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Part 4
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The author's opinion of the current governing ability of American.
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Chapter XVIII
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Things are not well between Elinor and Edward. Unhappiness is prevailing.
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Chapter 15
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The boys arrive at the island and Fred tells his grandfather the whole story about the bond and the rude canal-men. They discuss what to do and come up with a solution.
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