Subject for April, 2020
I. A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA – III.
Subject: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
I slept at Baker Street that night, and we were engaged upon our toast and coffee in the morning when the King of Bohemia rushed into the room. “You have really got it!” he crie...
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I. A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA – II.
Subject: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
At three o’clock precisely I was at Baker Street, but Holmes had not yet returned. The landlady informed me that he had left the house shortly after eight o’clock in the morning...
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I. A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA – I.
Subject: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not ...
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III – 4
Subject: Heart of Darkness
“’Intimacy grows quickly out there,’ I said. ‘I knew him as well as it is possible for one man to know another.’ “’And you admired him,’ she ...
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III – 3
Subject: Heart of Darkness
“The brown current ran swiftly out of the heart of darkness, bearing us down towards the sea with twice the speed of our upward progress; and Kurtz’s life was running swif...
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III – 2
Subject: Heart of Darkness
“Dark human shapes could be made out in the distance, flitting indistinctly against the gloomy border of the forest, and near the river two bronze figures, leaning on tall spear...
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III – 1
Subject: Heart of Darkness
“I looked at him, lost in astonishment. There he was before me, in motley, as though he had absconded from a troupe of mimes, enthusiastic, fabulous. His very existence was impr...
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II – 4
Subject: Heart of Darkness
“Poor fool! If he had only left that shutter alone. He had no restraint, no restraint—just like Kurtz—a tree swayed by the wind. As soon as I had put on a dry pair of slippers, ...
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II – 3
Subject: Heart of Darkness
“I was looking down at the sounding-pole, and feeling much annoyed to see at each try a little more of it stick out of that river, when I saw my poleman give up on the business ...
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II – 2
Subject: Heart of Darkness
“I had been dimly aware for some time of a worrying noise, and when I lifted my eyes I saw the wood-pile was gone, and the manager, aided by all the pilgrims, was shouting at me...
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