With a single drop of ink for a mirror the Egyptian sorcerer undertakes to reveal to any chance comer far-reaching visions of the past. This is what I undertake to do for you reader.
The nature of things and of men has fortunately made this method at once easy obvious and scientific. Even in the rather fantastic realm of ghosts the stories fall into regular groups advancing in difficulty like exercises in music or in a foreign language.
Captain Luke Chilton counted over the five-dollar notes with a greater care than I thought was necessary considering that there were only ten of them; and cautiously examined each separate one as though he feared that I might be trying to pay for my passage in bad money.
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(HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON, Jan. 1, 2010)
Statement by author to his children: Some of you have heard already of the old Greeks; and all of you, as you grow up, will hear more and more of them.
It was midsummer and the quiet little town of Overton drowsed gently not to awaken until the sounds of girl laughter and the passing of light feet through its sleepy streets roused it to the realization that it was Overton College that made its hum-drum existence worth while.