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THREE SECONDS BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF J B HOBSON'S LETTER I NO MORE DREAMED OF CHASING THE UNICORN THAN OF TRYING FOR THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE | 8463-294828-0001 | F | |
EVEN SO I HAD JUST RETURNED FROM AN ARDUOUS JOURNEY EXHAUSTED AND BADLY NEEDING A REST | 8463-294828-0002 | F | |
I WANTED NOTHING MORE THAN TO SEE MY COUNTRY AGAIN MY FRIENDS MY MODEST QUARTERS BY THE BOTANICAL GARDENS MY DEARLY BELOVED COLLECTIONS | 8463-294828-0003 | F | |
BUT NOW NOTHING COULD HOLD ME BACK | 8463-294828-0004 | F | |
CONSEIL WAS MY MANSERVANT | 8463-294828-0005 | F | |
FROM RUBBING SHOULDERS WITH SCIENTISTS IN OUR LITTLE UNIVERSE BY THE BOTANICAL GARDENS THE BOY HAD COME TO KNOW A THING OR TWO | 8463-294828-0006 | F | |
CLASSIFYING WAS EVERYTHING TO HIM SO HE KNEW NOTHING ELSE WELL VERSED IN THE THEORY OF CLASSIFICATION HE WAS POORLY VERSED IN ITS PRACTICAL APPLICATION AND I DOUBT THAT HE COULD TELL A SPERM WHALE FROM A BALEEN WHALE | 8463-294828-0007 | F | |
AND YET WHAT A FINE GALLANT LAD | 8463-294828-0008 | F | |
NOT ONCE DID HE COMMENT ON THE LENGTH OR THE HARDSHIPS OF A JOURNEY | 8463-294828-0009 | F | |
NEVER DID HE OBJECT TO BUCKLING UP HIS SUITCASE FOR ANY COUNTRY WHATEVER CHINA OR THE CONGO NO MATTER HOW FAR OFF IT WAS | 8463-294828-0010 | F | |
HE WENT HERE THERE AND EVERYWHERE IN PERFECT CONTENTMENT | 8463-294828-0011 | F | |
PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR THIS UNDERHANDED WAY OF ADMITTING I HAD TURNED FORTY | 8463-294828-0012 | F | |
HE WAS A FANATIC ON FORMALITY AND HE ONLY ADDRESSED ME IN THE THIRD PERSON TO THE POINT WHERE IT GOT TIRESOME | 8463-294828-0013 | F | |
THERE WAS GOOD REASON TO STOP AND THINK EVEN FOR THE WORLD'S MOST EMOTIONLESS MAN | 8463-294828-0014 | F | |
CONSEIL I CALLED A THIRD TIME CONSEIL APPEARED | 8463-294828-0015 | F | |
DID MASTER SUMMON ME HE SAID ENTERING | 8463-294828-0016 | F | |
PACK AS MUCH INTO MY TRUNK AS YOU CAN MY TRAVELING KIT MY SUITS SHIRTS AND SOCKS DON'T BOTHER COUNTING JUST SQUEEZE IT ALL IN AND HURRY | 8463-294828-0017 | F | |
WE'LL DEAL WITH THEM LATER WHAT | 8463-294828-0018 | F | |
ANYHOW WE'LL LEAVE INSTRUCTIONS TO SHIP THE WHOLE MENAGERIE TO FRANCE | 8463-294828-0019 | F | |
YES WE ARE CERTAINLY I REPLIED EVASIVELY BUT AFTER WE MAKE A DETOUR | 8463-294828-0020 | F | |
A ROUTE SLIGHTLY LESS DIRECT THAT'S ALL | 8463-294828-0021 | F | |
WE'RE LEAVING ON THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN | 8463-294828-0022 | F | |
YOU SEE MY FRIEND IT'S AN ISSUE OF THE MONSTER THE NOTORIOUS NARWHALE | 8463-294828-0023 | F | |
WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WILL TAKE US | 8463-294828-0024 | F | |
BUT WE'RE GOING JUST THE SAME | 8463-294828-0025 | F | |
WE HAVE A COMMANDER WHO'S GAME FOR ANYTHING | 8463-294828-0026 | F | |
I LEFT INSTRUCTIONS FOR SHIPPING MY CONTAINERS OF STUFFED ANIMALS AND DRIED PLANTS TO PARIS FRANCE | 8463-294828-0027 | F | |
I OPENED A LINE OF CREDIT SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE BABIRUSA AND CONSEIL AT MY HEELS I JUMPED INTO A CARRIAGE | 8463-294828-0028 | F | |
OUR BAGGAGE WAS IMMEDIATELY CARRIED TO THE DECK OF THE FRIGATE I RUSHED ABOARD | 8463-294828-0029 | F | |
I ASKED FOR COMMANDER FARRAGUT | 8463-294828-0030 | F | |
ONE OF THE SAILORS LED ME TO THE AFTERDECK WHERE I STOOD IN THE PRESENCE OF A SMART LOOKING OFFICER WHO EXTENDED HIS HAND TO ME | 8463-294828-0031 | F | |
IN PERSON WELCOME ABOARD PROFESSOR YOUR CABIN IS WAITING FOR YOU | 8463-294828-0032 | F | |
I WAS WELL SATISFIED WITH MY CABIN WHICH WAS LOCATED IN THE STERN AND OPENED INTO THE OFFICERS MESS | 8463-294828-0033 | F | |
WE'LL BE QUITE COMFORTABLE HERE I TOLD CONSEIL | 8463-294828-0034 | F | |
AND SO IF I'D BEEN DELAYED BY A QUARTER OF AN HOUR OR EVEN LESS THE FRIGATE WOULD HAVE GONE WITHOUT ME AND I WOULD HAVE MISSED OUT ON THIS UNEARTHLY EXTRAORDINARY AND INCONCEIVABLE EXPEDITION WHOSE TRUE STORY MIGHT WELL MEET WITH SOME SKEPTICISM | 8463-294828-0035 | F | |
THE WHARVES OF BROOKLYN AND EVERY PART OF NEW YORK BORDERING THE EAST RIVER WERE CROWDED WITH CURIOSITY SEEKERS | 8463-294828-0036 | F | |
DEPARTING FROM FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND THROATS THREE CHEERS BURST FORTH IN SUCCESSION | 8463-294828-0037 | F | |
THOUSANDS OF HANDKERCHIEFS WERE WAVING ABOVE THESE TIGHTLY PACKED MASSES HAILING THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN UNTIL IT REACHED THE WATERS OF THE HUDSON RIVER AT THE TIP OF THE LONG PENINSULA THAT FORMS NEW YORK CITY | 8463-294828-0038 | F | |
THE HON CHARLES SMITH MISS SARAH'S BROTHER WAS WALKING SWIFTLY UPTOWN FROM MISTER EASTERLY'S WALL STREET OFFICE AND HIS FACE WAS PALE | 1995-1836-0000 | F | |
AT LAST THE COTTON COMBINE WAS TO ALL APPEARANCES AN ASSURED FACT AND HE WAS SLATED FOR THE SENATE | 1995-1836-0001 | F | |
WHY SHOULD HE NOT BE AS OTHER MEN | 1995-1836-0002 | F | |
SHE WAS NOT HERSELF A NOTABLY INTELLIGENT WOMAN SHE GREATLY ADMIRED INTELLIGENCE OR WHATEVER LOOKED TO HER LIKE INTELLIGENCE IN OTHERS | 1995-1836-0003 | F | |
AS SHE AWAITED HER GUESTS SHE SURVEYED THE TABLE WITH BOTH SATISFACTION AND DISQUIETUDE FOR HER SOCIAL FUNCTIONS WERE FEW TONIGHT THERE WERE SHE CHECKED THEM OFF ON HER FINGERS SIR JAMES CREIGHTON THE RICH ENGLISH MANUFACTURER AND LADY CREIGHTON MISTER AND MISSUS VANDERPOOL MISTER HARRY CRESSWELL AND HIS SISTER JOHN TA... | 1995-1836-0004 | F | |
MISSUS GREY HAD MET SOUTHERNERS BEFORE BUT NOT INTIMATELY AND SHE ALWAYS HAD IN MIND VIVIDLY THEIR CRUELTY TO POOR NEGROES A SUBJECT SHE MADE A POINT OF INTRODUCING FORTHWITH | 1995-1836-0005 | F | |
SHE WAS THEREFORE MOST AGREEABLY SURPRISED TO HEAR MISTER CRESSWELL EXPRESS HIMSELF SO CORDIALLY AS APPROVING OF NEGRO EDUCATION | 1995-1836-0006 | F | |
BUT YOU BELIEVE IN SOME EDUCATION ASKED MARY TAYLOR | 1995-1836-0007 | F | |
I BELIEVE IN THE TRAINING OF PEOPLE TO THEIR HIGHEST CAPACITY THE ENGLISHMAN HERE HEARTILY SECONDED HIM | 1995-1836-0008 | F | |
BUT CRESSWELL ADDED SIGNIFICANTLY CAPACITY DIFFERS ENORMOUSLY BETWEEN RACES | 1995-1836-0009 | F | |
THE VANDERPOOLS WERE SURE OF THIS AND THE ENGLISHMAN INSTANCING INDIA BECAME QUITE ELOQUENT MISSUS GREY WAS MYSTIFIED BUT HARDLY DARED ADMIT IT THE GENERAL TREND OF THE CONVERSATION SEEMED TO BE THAT MOST INDIVIDUALS NEEDED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE SHARPEST SCRUTINY BEFORE BEING ALLOWED MUCH EDUCATION AND AS FOR THE LOWE... | 1995-1836-0010 | F | |
POSITIVELY HEROIC ADDED CRESSWELL AVOIDING HIS SISTER'S EYES | 1995-1836-0011 | F | |
BUT WE'RE NOT ER EXACTLY WELCOMED | 1995-1836-0012 | F | |
MARY TAYLOR HOWEVER RELATED THE TALE OF ZORA TO MISSUS GREY'S PRIVATE EAR LATER | 1995-1836-0013 | F | |
FORTUNATELY SAID MISTER VANDERPOOL NORTHERNERS AND SOUTHERNERS ARE ARRIVING AT A BETTER MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING ON MOST OF THESE MATTERS | 1995-1836-0014 | F | |
IN THE DEBATE BETWEEN THE SENIOR SOCIETIES HER DEFENCE OF THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT HAD BEEN NOT ONLY A NOTABLE BIT OF REASONING BUT DELIVERED WITH REAL ENTHUSIASM | 1995-1826-0000 | F | |
THE SOUTH SHE HAD NOT THOUGHT OF SERIOUSLY AND YET KNOWING OF ITS DELIGHTFUL HOSPITALITY AND MILD CLIMATE SHE WAS NOT AVERSE TO CHARLESTON OR NEW ORLEANS | 1995-1826-0001 | F | |
JOHN TAYLOR WHO HAD SUPPORTED HER THROUGH COLLEGE WAS INTERESTED IN COTTON | 1995-1826-0002 | F | |
BETTER GO HE HAD COUNSELLED SENTENTIOUSLY | 1995-1826-0003 | F | |
MIGHT LEARN SOMETHING USEFUL DOWN THERE | 1995-1826-0004 | F | |
BUT JOHN THERE'S NO SOCIETY JUST ELEMENTARY WORK | 1995-1826-0005 | F | |
BEEN LOOKING UP TOOMS COUNTY | 1995-1826-0006 | F | |
FIND SOME CRESSWELLS THERE BIG PLANTATIONS RATED AT TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS | 1995-1826-0007 | F | |
SOME OTHERS TOO BIG COTTON COUNTY | 1995-1826-0008 | F | |
YOU OUGHT TO KNOW JOHN IF I TEACH NEGROES I'LL SCARCELY SEE MUCH OF PEOPLE IN MY OWN CLASS | 1995-1826-0009 | F | |
AT ANY RATE I SAY GO | 1995-1826-0010 | F | |
HERE SHE WAS TEACHING DIRTY CHILDREN AND THE SMELL OF CONFUSED ODORS AND BODILY PERSPIRATION WAS TO HER AT TIMES UNBEARABLE | 1995-1826-0011 | F | |
SHE WANTED A GLANCE OF THE NEW BOOKS AND PERIODICALS AND TALK OF GREAT PHILANTHROPIES AND REFORMS | 1995-1826-0012 | F | |
SO FOR THE HUNDREDTH TIME SHE WAS THINKING TODAY AS SHE WALKED ALONE UP THE LANE BACK OF THE BARN AND THEN SLOWLY DOWN THROUGH THE BOTTOMS | 1995-1826-0013 | F | |
COTTON SHE PAUSED | 1995-1826-0014 | F | |
SHE HAD ALMOST FORGOTTEN THAT IT WAS HERE WITHIN TOUCH AND SIGHT | 1995-1826-0015 | F | |
THE GLIMMERING SEA OF DELICATE LEAVES WHISPERED AND MURMURED BEFORE HER STRETCHING AWAY TO THE NORTHWARD | 1995-1826-0016 | F | |
THERE MIGHT BE A BIT OF POETRY HERE AND THERE BUT MOST OF THIS PLACE WAS SUCH DESPERATE PROSE | 1995-1826-0017 | F | |
HER REGARD SHIFTED TO THE GREEN STALKS AND LEAVES AGAIN AND SHE STARTED TO MOVE AWAY | 1995-1826-0018 | F | |
COTTON IS A WONDERFUL THING IS IT NOT BOYS SHE SAID RATHER PRIMLY | 1995-1826-0019 | F | |
MISS TAYLOR DID NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT COTTON BUT AT LEAST ONE MORE REMARK SEEMED CALLED FOR | 1995-1826-0020 | F | |
DON'T KNOW WELL OF ALL THINGS INWARDLY COMMENTED MISS TAYLOR LITERALLY BORN IN COTTON AND OH WELL AS MUCH AS TO ASK WHAT'S THE USE SHE TURNED AGAIN TO GO | 1995-1826-0021 | F | |
I SUPPOSE THOUGH IT'S TOO EARLY FOR THEM THEN CAME THE EXPLOSION | 1995-1826-0022 | F | |
GOOBERS DON'T GROW ON THE TOPS OF VINES BUT UNDERGROUND ON THE ROOTS LIKE YAMS IS THAT SO | 1995-1826-0023 | F | |
THE GOLDEN FLEECE IT'S THE SILVER FLEECE HE HARKENED | 1995-1826-0024 | F | |
SOME TIME YOU'LL TELL ME PLEASE WON'T YOU | 1995-1826-0025 | F | |
NOW FOR ONE LITTLE HALF HOUR SHE HAD BEEN A WOMAN TALKING TO A BOY NO NOT EVEN THAT SHE HAD BEEN TALKING JUST TALKING THERE WERE NO PERSONS IN THE CONVERSATION JUST THINGS ONE THING COTTON | 1995-1826-0026 | F | |
HE KNEW THE SILVER FLEECE HIS AND ZORA'S MUST BE RUINED | 1995-1837-0000 | F | |
IT WAS THE FIRST GREAT SORROW OF HIS LIFE IT WAS NOT SO MUCH THE LOSS OF THE COTTON ITSELF BUT THE FANTASY THE HOPES THE DREAMS BUILT AROUND IT | 1995-1837-0001 | F | |
AH THE SWAMP THE CRUEL SWAMP | 1995-1837-0002 | F | |
THE REVELATION OF HIS LOVE LIGHTED AND BRIGHTENED SLOWLY TILL IT FLAMED LIKE A SUNRISE OVER HIM AND LEFT HIM IN BURNING WONDER | 1995-1837-0003 | F | |
HE PANTED TO KNOW IF SHE TOO KNEW OR KNEW AND CARED NOT OR CARED AND KNEW NOT | 1995-1837-0004 | F | |
SHE WAS SO STRANGE AND HUMAN A CREATURE | 1995-1837-0005 | F | |
THE WORLD WAS WATER VEILED IN MISTS | 1995-1837-0006 | F | |
THEN OF A SUDDEN AT MIDDAY THE SUN SHOT OUT HOT AND STILL NO BREATH OF AIR STIRRED THE SKY WAS LIKE BLUE STEEL THE EARTH STEAMED | 1995-1837-0007 | F | |
WHERE WAS THE USE OF IMAGINING | 1995-1837-0008 | F | |
THE LAGOON HAD BEEN LEVEL WITH THE DYKES A WEEK AGO AND NOW | 1995-1837-0009 | F | |
PERHAPS SHE TOO MIGHT BE THERE WAITING WEEPING | 1995-1837-0010 | F | |
HE STARTED AT THE THOUGHT HE HURRIED FORTH SADLY | 1995-1837-0011 | F | |
HE SPLASHED AND STAMPED ALONG FARTHER AND FARTHER ONWARD UNTIL HE NEARED THE RAMPART OF THE CLEARING AND PUT FOOT UPON THE TREE BRIDGE | 1995-1837-0012 | F | |
THEN HE LOOKED DOWN THE LAGOON WAS DRY | 1995-1837-0013 | F | |
HE STOOD A MOMENT BEWILDERED THEN TURNED AND RUSHED UPON THE ISLAND A GREAT SHEET OF DAZZLING SUNLIGHT SWEPT THE PLACE AND BENEATH LAY A MIGHTY MASS OF OLIVE GREEN THICK TALL WET AND WILLOWY | 1995-1837-0014 | F | |
THE SQUARES OF COTTON SHARP EDGED HEAVY WERE JUST ABOUT TO BURST TO BOLLS | 1995-1837-0015 | F | |
FOR ONE LONG MOMENT HE PAUSED STUPID AGAPE WITH UTTER AMAZEMENT THEN LEANED DIZZILY AGAINST A TREE | 1995-1837-0016 | F | |
HE GAZED ABOUT PERPLEXED ASTONISHED | 1995-1837-0017 | F | |
HERE LAY THE READING OF THE RIDDLE WITH INFINITE WORK AND PAIN SOME ONE HAD DUG A CANAL FROM THE LAGOON TO THE CREEK INTO WHICH THE FORMER HAD DRAINED BY A LONG AND CROOKED WAY THUS ALLOWING IT TO EMPTY DIRECTLY | 1995-1837-0018 | F | |
HE SAT DOWN WEAK BEWILDERED AND ONE THOUGHT WAS UPPERMOST ZORA | 1995-1837-0019 | F |
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