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70 |71 | Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on 72 | the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped 73 | into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or 74 | conversations in it, “and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice 75 | “without pictures or conversations?” 76 |
77 |78 | So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for 79 | the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the 80 | pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of 81 | getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit 82 | with pink eyes ran close by her. 83 |
84 |85 | There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it 86 | so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, “Oh 87 | dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!” (when she thought it over 88 | afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at 89 | this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); but when the 90 | Rabbit actually took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked 91 | at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it 92 | flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with 93 | either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning 94 | with curiosity, she ran across the field after it, and fortunately 95 | was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the 96 | hedge. 97 |
98 |99 | 👆 This light excerpt is from Lewis Carroll's 100 | Alice in Wonderland 105 | (1865) 106 |
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119 |120 | I am by birth a Genevese, and my family is one of the most 121 | distinguished of that republic. My ancestors had been for many years 122 | counsellors and syndics, and my father had filled several public 123 | situations with honour and reputation. He was respected by all who 124 | knew him for his integrity and indefatigable attention to public 125 | business. He passed his younger days perpetually occupied by the 126 | affairs of his country; a variety of circumstances had prevented his 127 | marrying early, nor was it until the decline of life that he became 128 | a husband and the father of a family. 129 |
130 |131 | As the circumstances of his marriage illustrate his character, I 132 | cannot refrain from relating them. One of his most intimate friends 133 | was a merchant who, from a flourishing state, fell, through numerous 134 | mischances, into poverty. This man, whose name was Beaufort, was of 135 | a proud and unbending disposition and could not bear to live in 136 | poverty and oblivion in the same country where he had formerly been 137 | distinguished for his rank and magnificence. Having paid his debts, 138 | therefore, in the most honourable manner, he retreated with his 139 | daughter to the town of Lucerne, where he lived unknown and in 140 | wretchedness. My father loved Beaufort with the truest friendship 141 | and was deeply grieved by his retreat in these unfortunate 142 | circumstances. He bitterly deplored the false pride which led his 143 | friend to a conduct so little worthy of the affection that united 144 | them. He lost no time in endeavouring to seek him out, with the hope 145 | of persuading him to begin the world again through his credit and 146 | assistance. 147 |
148 | 149 |150 | 👆 This dark excerpt is 151 | from Mary Shelley's 152 | Frankenstein 157 | (1818) 158 |
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