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The Beetle
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What a sublime thought to think that in the hollow of your own hand lies the life and death of nations,—and it was almost in mine.
“the reader is hurried out of himself by the force of the poet’s imagination, and turns in one place to a hearer, in another to a spectator.”
― The Iliad
― The Iliad
“But is it coincidence? Are there not subtle forces at work of which we know little?”
― Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection
― Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection
“Spirit!” he cried, tight clutching at its robe, “hear me! I am not the man I was. I will not be the man I must have been but for this intercourse. Why show me this, if I am past all hope!”
― A Christmas Carol
― A Christmas Carol
“learned something in that schoolroom of sorrow where our earthly lessons are taught.”
― Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection
― Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Collection
“External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty. Foul weather didn’t know where to have him. The heaviest rain, and snow, and hail, and sleet, could boast of the advantage over him in only one respect. They often “came down” handsomely, and Scrooge never did.”
― A Christmas Carol
― A Christmas Carol
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