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[001] the two Mandible Capes appeared to move, and surround _____ Bay more closely. As to Cyrus Harding, he did not sp
[002] was very extensive, but beyond the cape it ended in _____ Bay. Neither the islet nor Prospect Heights was visibl
[003] l's movements. The cetacean, having entered far into _____ Bay, made rapid furrows across it from Mandible Cape
[004] , who had been much mixed up with the affairs of the _____ , greatly interested his auditors by his recitals, his
[005] , containing the stars and stripes of their glorious _____ . The colors for it were supplied from certain plants
[006] n stars, representing the thirty- seven States of the _____ , which shine on the American flag, the sailor added
[007] Pencroft, stood out to sea. The wind blowing out of _____ Bay she ran before it, and thus showed her owners, m
[008] large for the 'Bonadventure,' but if the fleets of the _____ were in want of a harbor in the Pacific, I don't thin
[009] iced by the charms of the sky, thought of reproducing _____ Bay, which was opposite to Prospect Heights, from Ca
[010] l suddenly altered her course, and stood directly for _____ Bay. The brig was a good sailer, for she approached
[011] n the meanwhile the brig continued to advance towards _____ Bay. She was now not more than two miles off, and ex
[012] law Cape to the Mandible Capes, in all the extent of _____ Bay, there was nothing to lead him to suppose that t
[013] ding could not be mistaken, as, during the war of the _____ , he had had occasion to try these terrible engines of
[014] he granite cliff. From this height they commanded all _____ Bay. It was like a little Gibraltar, and any vessel
[015] med this time at the downs forming the upper side of _____ Bay, struck the sand at a distance of four miles, th
[016] y day their telescope covered the horizon enclosed by _____ and Washington Bays. when they went to the corral the
[017] e has also solemnly repeated a warning to the Soviet _____ that the United States will not stand for another se
[018] ed for a firmer and tougher policy toward the Soviet _____ . He was critical of what he feels is President Kenne
[019] America that are receiving Soviet aid. The Soviet _____ and other members of the Communist bloc are rapidly
[020] nsible source amid intensified efforts by the Soviet _____ to gain a greater role in the staff and operation of
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[001] as certainly a trial which ought to be made. Pencroft _____ brought the canoe to the shore by a narrow passage a
[002] is in the stomach of a drunkard. Jump in!" They were _____ all seated, and Pencroft shoved off. The weather was
[003] ilitate the moving of the chest, towing which the boat _____ began to double the point, to which the name of Flots
[004] sands; and as the tide was then going out, they were _____ left high and dry. Neb, hurrying home, brought back
[005] eding fulminating caps, a frequent use of which would _____ exhaust their limited stock. However, they took also o
[006] t a path through the thick wood with their axes. But _____ the flow completely failed them, either the tide was
[007] ch took one, and Pencroft took the scull. The forest _____ became less dense, the trees grew further apart and
[008] ing shallower and shallower, and that the canoe must _____ stop. The sun was already sinking towards the horizo
[009] xplore the shore." "Go ahead!" replied Pencroft. But _____ the boat grated on the stony bottom of the river, whic
[010] charming. The colonists disembarked, and a fire was _____ lighted under a clump of trees, among the branches o
[011] own on the bank, plunged his arm into the water, and _____ pulled up several dozen of fine crayfish from among t
[012] extremity of the Serpentine Peninsula. Breakfast was _____ despatched, and at half-past eleven the captain gave
[013] imself, if he falls into my hands, I can tell him." As _____ as the first gleam of light appeared in the east, the
[014] vagabonds out somehow," cried the sailor. "We could _____ get the better of them, even if there are twenty of
[015] haps there are still some of these rascals. "We shall _____ see," replied the engineer, without stopping however.
[016] n the orang, who defended himself gallantly, but was _____ overpowered and bound. "There!" said Pencroft. "And w
[017] m, nor draw his teeth, as is sometimes done. He will _____ grow fond of his masters if they are kind to him." "A
[018] the settlers, ascending the left bank of the Mercy, _____ arrived at the angle formed by the river. There they
[019] composed of long feathers, magnificent alectors, which _____ became tame. As to pelicans, kingfishers, water- hens
[020] ich frequented the rocks of the plateau. These birds _____ became accustomed to returning every evening to their
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[001] ped to manufacture an explosive substance which would _____ them to husband it. To the firearms were added the f
[002] of water in the Red Creek was considerable enough to _____ of the execution of this project. "So then," added th
[003] of these piles, which would thus form two arches and _____ the bridge to support heavy loads. Happily there was
[004] , as a precautionary measure, Pencroft did not as yet _____ him complete liberty, rightly wishing to wait until
[005] singularly active, did not appear to be in a humor to _____ themselves to be approached. However, after an hour's
[006] h, wide at the top, narrow at the bottom, which would _____ the grain to fall on the stones, the oscillating spou
[007] with Herbert, for it would not have been prudent to _____ the lad to ramble alone in the forest; and it was ve
[008] ls. These animals need to be taken care of. Will you _____ me to live there with them?" Cyrus Harding gazed at
[009] onstructed by Cyrus Harding, an apparatus which would _____ them to establish a telegraphic communication between
[010] did know his history, the season was too advanced to _____ us to return then to Tabor Island." "Yes," replied H
[011] to Tabor Island, and leave a notice there." "We must _____ ," said Neb, "that it will be very unfortunate if the
[012] liffs, did not discover even a projection which would _____ the passengers to leave the deck. Pencroft consoled h
[013] d took the bearings of certain landmarks which would _____ them to approach without danger. The boat was not mo
[014] e-rooms of Granite House, but that daytime would not _____ them to stow away the whole. It would not do also to
[015] g met with any objection. His rough nature could not _____ that they ought to come to terms with the rascals who
[016] nd they could be sure that the faithful dog would not _____ them to be surprised, but would bark at the least app
[017] ing only was now to be desired, that his state would _____ him to be brought to Granite House. However well bui
[018] entrenched in the depths of Granite House, would not _____ himself to be surprised. Top had not been sent again
[019] onvicts will not see you leave it, that they will not _____ you to enter the forest, and that they will not attac
[020] nds," said the engineer, "wait till night. I will not _____ one of you to expose himself in open day." "But, capt
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[001] his is something which will rejoice friend Pencroft's _____ ." In fact, the
[002] ." In fact, the _____ of friend Pencroft could not fail to be rejoiced, for
[003] o deeply is the love of his country implanted in the _____ of man, that if a ship had unexpectedly come in sight
[004] urn there so soon as it was set free. Perhaps in his _____ Gideon Spilett, in whom the journalist sometimes cam
[005] great republic. "And," said he, "it is so already in _____ , if not in deed!" In the meantime, the flag was hoist
[006] ast degree, yet did not despair, for he had a gallant _____ , and grasping the tiller he anxiously endeavored to
[007] lesh, and with the other he plunged his knife into its _____ . The jaguar fell. The stranger kicked away the body,
[008] , under the eye of a God who reads the depths of the _____ , but you will be neither lost nor forgotten, as was C
[009] r suffered! Oh! how dreadful was this solitude, to a _____ tormented by remorse! "But doubtless Heaven had not s
[010] neer, he remained plunged in deep thought, and in his _____ feared rather than desired the arrival of the ship.
[011] The reporter listened to ascertain if the poor lad's _____ was still beating. "He lives," said he, "but he must b
[012] ime to fire his second barrel, he fell, struck to the _____ by Harding's dagger, more sure even than his gun. Du
[013] body, and we shall not have to extract it." "But the _____ ?" asked Harding. "The
[014] ?" asked Harding. "The _____ has not been touched; if it had been, Herbert would b
[015] e any catastrophe. Pencroft felt the swelling of his _____ gradually subside. He was like a sister of mercy. li
[016] collected his failing strength. The engineer felt his _____ sink painfully. He still hesitated to give the signal
[017] wards Pencroft. He was so young to die! The scene was _____ - rending. They were obliged to send Pencroft away. Th
[018] go, they put to sea in her, "And?" said Pencroft, his _____ beating. "And not having Bob Harvey to steer her, th
[019] ted a newspaper-- the New Lincoln Herald! So is man's _____ . The desire to perform a work which will endure, whic
[020] for knowledge, and cherishing in the recesses of his _____ the hope that he might become a great and powerful r
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[001] on but in the meantime the State Hospital board can _____ gifts and donations of a site. #@# TWO TAX REVIS
[002] ty. #POLICIES MODIFIED# The inclination here is to _____ a de facto cease-fire in Laos, rather than continue
[003] ft hand to his right hand after the council voted to _____ them at the suggestion of Council President Raymond
[004] of Trustees announced Friday that it was prepared to _____ students of any race as soon as the state's tax laws
[005] picture was almost equally bad. U. S. willingness to _____ a neutral Laos may have led Premier Khrushchev to be
[006] eaching agreements at Vienna. The inclination was to _____ the statement that there would be no formal negotiat
[007] independence to a colony so manifestly unprepared to _____ it? In one large oversimplification, it might be sai
[008] ench to agree on a "status quo ante" on Bizerte, and _____ a new timetable for withdrawing their forces from th
[009] retation of the infinite through him- we who readily _____ his sacrifice as our due, we of the congregations ar
[010] been working hard to get public opinion prepared to _____ the inevitability of equal treatment. These pro
[011] that our older son, Daniel, is autistic. We did not _____ the diagnosis at once, but gradually we are coming t
[012] as aggravated. Neither had a choice other than to _____ the invitation. To have refused would have been poli
[013] t with their own world; most modern adapters totally _____ the world of a book, squeeze it dry of life, and add
[014] y fraternity has a constitutional right to refuse to _____ persons it dislikes. The Unitarian clergy were an ex
[015] pired directly by the Spirit of God, is asking me to _____ a miracle far greater than any of those recorded in
[016] thing that works. Test it, try it, and if it works, _____ it as a guiding principle. So, I put my Bible to
[017] essage to man. The next traditional step then was to _____ it as the authoritative textbook of the Christian fa
[018] ve textbook of the Christian faith just as one would _____ a treatise on any earthly "science", and I submitted
[019] hy not open your heart to the Lord Jesus Christ now, _____ Him as your Saviour and let Him fill you with peace
[020] nto your heart and life by a step of personal faith. _____ the sinless Son of God, Jesus Christ, as your own pe
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[001] g to return, when Herbert, rising, pointed to a black _____ , saying,-- "What do I see down there on the beach?"
[002] e produced and strewn about on the sand. At each new _____ Pencroft uttered fresh hurrahs, Herbert clapped his
[003] arometer, 1 box containing a photographic apparatus, _____ -glass, plates, chemicals, etc. Clothes:-2 dozen shirt
[004] croft and Neb even rushed into the surf whenever any _____ attracted their attention. But they found nothing, so
[005] supposed wreck could be found on this shore, yet an _____ of any importance, such as the hull of a ship, would
[006] ?" Pencroft stopped working, and seeing an indistinct _____ moving through the gloom,-- "A canoe!" cried he. All
[007] e seemed at first to fix the attention of the unhappy _____ , but soon he turned away and the look of intelligence
[008] jaguar race would soon be extinct in the island, the _____ aimed at by the hunters. The engineer sometimes took
[009] de any use. This apparatus, provided with a powerful _____ - glass, was very complete. Substances necessary for t
[010] ding the extreme surveillance of which they were the _____ , many managed to escape, and seizing vessels which th
[011] swim to shore? Whence did he come? What had been his _____ ? Had his design really been to blow up the brig, as
[012] bows, ready to fire, reconnoitered the island. Their _____ was no doubt to make an examination but not to land,
[013] fested on many occasions, I cannot imagine. What his _____ can be in acting thus, in concealing himself after re
[014] dition, which, if it did not accomplish its principal _____ , would at any rate be fruitful in discoveries, especi
[015] " "Well," resumed Gideon Spilett, "I ask again, what _____ could the convicts have had in using the 'Bonadventur
[016] wards whom Top had sprung. It was one of those whose _____ had been so completely defeated by the rocks at the
[017] ave satisfaction of these convicts. That will be the _____ of our grand expedition at the same time--" "As the s
[018] d bushes as if his smell had revealed some suspicious _____ to him. Gideon Spilett followed Top, encouraged him,
[019] n not to return to Granite House until their twofold _____ had been achieved; on the one hand, to exterminate th
[020] vidently camped on this spot; but,--and this was the _____ of so minute an examination,--a sixth footprint could
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[001] he surface of the water. They pulled out about half a _____ distant from the shore, that they might have a good
[002] the southern angle of the lake, a distance of about a _____ , which was open to all comers. But nothing could be
[003] two cavaliers and Top galloped in a radius of half a _____ round the corral. The musmons were very numerous in
[004] was to be the harbor. They were not more than half a _____ from the coast, and it was necessary to tack to beat
[005] hwest. The "Bonadventure" was already a quarter of a _____ from the coast when the passengers perceived on the h
[006] three hundred feet which rose at a distance of half a _____ . "From the summit of that hill," said Spilett, "we c
[007] rd. The road already trodden was not long, scarcely a _____ . They set out on their walk, gazing into the wood an
[008] " sailed along this coast for the distance of half a _____ . It was easy to see that it was composed of blocks of
[009] fter falling into the sea, I was found a quarter of a _____ into the interior of the island, and that, without my
[010] flash and the report. Therefore the brig was about a _____ and a quarter from the coast. At the same time, the c
[011] t was not impossible that the bridge, thrown across a _____ and a half from the mouth, and the manufactory at th
[012] ween wind and water." "Do you know that the brig is a _____ and a quarter from the shore?" said Herbert. "I am a
[013] were armed with the two rifles, which carried nearly a _____ . The four other muskets were divided among Harding,
[014] t as Harding had calculated, she was not more than a _____ and a quarter from the coast. The sinister black flag
[015] ed by an islet, separated from it by a channel half a _____ in width. However, it was soon evident to Cyrus Hard
[016] to prevent them. You know that they carry more than a _____ !" "No doubt," replied Herbert; "but what can two rifl
[017] He would be still separated from the coast by half a _____ , and at that distance his shot could not be very dest
[018] mber, Gideon Spilett, who had ventured a quarter of a _____ into the woods, towards the south of the mountain, re
[019] d on the island. They approached the plateau. Another _____ and they would see the bridge over Creek Glycerine. C
[020] the Mercy, then, having ascended the left bank for a _____ , crossed the bridge, at the other side of which comme
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[001] profiting by the lessons he received from his master. _____ then of the pleasure Master Jup gave to the inhabitan
[002] n exact proportion to the size of the animal, one can _____ how a whaler feels in sight of a whale. And if this h
[003] ineer. Cyrus Harding had attentively observed him. To _____ by his appearance this miserable being had no longer
[004] de use of this cordial appellation, "you must let us _____ what it will be best to do in this respect." "Thank yo
[005] Tom Austin, who read it and immediately set sail, but _____ of Ayrton's rage and disappointment, when the next da
[006] ppear to be filled with rocks," added Herbert, "if we _____ by what we saw on the south coast of Shark Gulf." "P
[007] arding; "but it was there, and you have been able to _____ of its incomparable power!" Chapter 5 So, then, all w
[008] answered the engineer, pressing the reporter's hand. " _____ coolly. Think only of this: Herbert must be saved!" T
[009] he pirates! Would it not be best to let Cyrus Harding _____ of what he ought to do, and to warn him, at least, o
[010] while Cyrus Harding, accompanied by Neb, proceeded to _____ for himself of the extent of the disaster. It was for
[011] ngineer was silent. "Well, sir?" "It is not for me to _____ you, Captain Nemo," answered Cyrus Harding, "at any
[012] o adopt this strange mode of existence, and I cannot _____ of effects without knowing their causes; but what I
[013] which some admire, others blame; which God alone can _____ . He who is mistaken in an action which he sincerely
[014] term jury had been charged by Fulton Superior Court _____ Durwood Pye to investigate reports of possible "irre
[015] indicating their guilt at the time of their arrest, _____ James B. Parsons was told in Criminal court yesterda
[016] trial. Bellows made the disclosure when he asked _____ Parsons to grant his client, Alan Clements, 30, a se
[017] de statements involving themselves and others". _____ Parsons leaned over the bench and inquired, "You mea
[018] e Nov. 8 election were dismissed yesterday by Acting _____ John M. Karns, who charged that the prosecution obta
[019] function of this court", said Karns, who is a City _____ in East St. Louis sitting in Cook County court. #FAC
[020] ream of New Jersey clean", the former Superior Court _____ said. "To prevent hoodlums from infiltrating the sta
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[001] ked to elaborate, Pierre Salinger, White House press _____ , replied, "I would say it's got to go thru several m
[002] ce as hoped for. One diplomat described the tenor of _____ of State Dean Rusk's speeches as "inconclusive". But
[003] led application to individual danger spots. The _____ of State himself, in his first speech, gave some ide
[004] hs. But where the core of NATO is concerned, the _____ of State has not only reiterated the United States'
[005] be at NATO's disposal in European waters. The _____ of State has also solemnly repeated a warning to the
[006] by the council as a whole. #CONFLICT SURVEYED# The _____ 's greatest achievement is perhaps the rekindling of
[007] ident has also called upon the Attorney General, the _____ of Health, Education and Welfare, and the
[008] of Health, Education and Welfare, and the _____ of Labor to coordinate their efforts "in the develop
[009] of common decency charge this"? he asked. The former _____ of labor said he was proud to be an Eisenhower Repub
[010] those of James Mining and Eugene Shiflett. Mining is _____ -treasurer of the local and Shiflett is a member of i
[011] an aiding them economically, E. M. Martin, assistant _____ of state for economic affairs told members of the Wo
[012] t we must be extraordinarily patient", the assistant _____ said. Economically, Martin said, the United State
[013] e construction of three new elementary schools. _____ of Labor Arthur Goldberg will speak Sunday night at
[014] by organized labor and is scheduled for 7 p.m. _____ Goldberg and Sen. Morse will hold a joint press conf
[015] Hotel at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Blaine Whipple, executive _____ of the Democratic Party of Oregon, reported Tuesday.
[016] nk Lee. Five candidates seek the place vacated by _____ Hugh G. Stout. Seeking this two-year term are James
[017] first two years. The Rev. R. L. Brandt, national _____ of the home missions department, stressed the need f
[018] yable lie. Arnold sent for Joe Dey, the executive _____ of the golf association. Joe naturally ruled that a
[019] impkins, his administrative assistant, as Maryland's _____ of State. Mr. Simpkins will move into the post
[020] se-fire timetable was announced in London by Foreign _____ Lord Home. He said Britain also proposed that t