Hither, and thither, on high, glided the snow-white wings of small, unspeckled birds; these were the gentle thoughts of the feminine air; bu...

'That WAS a narrow escape!' said Alice, a good deal frightened at the sudden change, but very glad to find herself still in existen...

But the interval I spent in deliberating what to say, was a fatal one. Taking up his tomahawk from the table, he examined the head of it fo...

But to my astonishment I discovered that with death staring him in the face Abner Perry was transformed into a new being. From his lips the...

Hither, and thither, on high, glided the snow-white wings of small, unspeckled birds; these were the gentle thoughts of the feminine air; b...

Returning to the Spouter-Inn from the Chapel, I found Queequeg there quite alone; he having left the Chapel before the benediction some time...

My brother noticed a pale grey smoke or haze rising among the houses in front of them, and veiling the white facade of a terrace beyond the ...

Night City In a few minutes there was, so far as the soldier could see, not a living thing left upon the common, and every bush and tree upo...

The old man peered from under his green leaf at the danger, and stood as quietly as the boy. For a few seconds this mutual scrutinizing we...

During the first days, they went along smoothly enough. The sea was not very unpropitious, the wind seemed stationary in the north-east, th...