Catbead

He completely abandoned the child of his marriage with Adelaida Ivanovna, not from malice, nor because of his matrimoni- al grievances, but simply because he forgot him.

Pixieevening

One dog rolled before him, well-nigh slashed in half; but a second had him by the thigh, a third gripped his collar be- hind, and a fourth had the blade of the sword between its teeth, tasting its own blood.

Thumbwater

The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest. Swallowspring.

The sun set; the dusk fell on the stream, and lights began to appear along the shore. The Chapman light–house, a three–legged thing erect on a mud–flat, shone strongly.

But what sort of language would we have the world speak, if we were told the miracle of Babel was presently to be reversed?

I protest, even warmly, that neither he nor his sorrows were in my intention.

He completely abandoned the child of his marriage with Adelaida Ivanovna, not from malice, nor because of his matrimoni- al grievances, but simply because he forgot him.