19 résultats pour "uncle"
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From Uncle Tom's Cabin - anthology.
the evils of slavery from sketches like these, is not the half that could be told, of the unspeakable whole. In the northern states, these representations may, perhaps, be thought caricatures; in the southern states are witnesses who know their fidelity. What personalknowledge the author has had, of the truth of incidents such as here are related, will appear in its time. It is a comfort to hope, as so many of the world's sorrows and wrongs have, from age to age, been lived down, so a ti...
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Excerpt from Martin Chuzzlewit - anthology.
But there is one other piece of evidence, bearing immediate reference to their close connextion with this memorable event in English History, which must carryconviction, even to a mind (if such a mind there be) remaining unconvinced by these presumptive proofs. There was, within a few years, in the possession of a highly respectable and in every way credible and unimpeachable member of the Chuzzlewit Family (for hisbitterest enemy never dared to hint at his being otherwise than a wealthy man...
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Robur-le-Conquerant
- Nous sacrifions bien la nôtre!
sous la couchette Maintenant, à l'arrière, dit-il, et attendons! Tous deux sortirent et furent d'abord étonnés de ne pas voir le timonier à son poste habituel. Phil Evans se pencha alors en dehors de la plate-forme. « L'Albatros est toujours à la même place! dit-il à voix basse. Les travaux n'ont pas été terminés !... Il n'aura pu partir! » Uncle Prudent eut un geste de désappointement. « Il faut éteindre la mèche, dit-il. Non !... Il faut nous sauver! répondit Phil Evans. Nous sauver? - Oui!......
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Excerpt from A Christmas Carol - anthology.
External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snowwas more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty. Foul weather didn’t know where to have him. The heaviest rain, and snow, and hail, and sleet,could boast of the advantage over him in only one respect. They often “came down” handsomely and Scrooge never did. Nobody ever stopped him in the street to say, with g...
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Robur-le-Conquerant
- Je me vengerai, ingénieur Robur!
hélices suspensives. Robur bondit vers le roufle central « Force ! ... Force ! ... cria-t-il au mécanicien. Il faut monter rapidement et plus haut que l'orage! - Impossible, maître! - Qu'y a-t-il? - Les courants sont troublés!... Il se fait des intermittences!...» Et de fait, l'Albatros s'abaissait sensiblement. Ainsi qu'il arrive pour les courants des fils télégraphiques pendant les orages, le fonctionnement électrique n'opérait plus qu'incomplètement dans les accumulateurs de l'aéronef. Mais,...
- Phineus Greek Brother of Cepheus, the king of Ethiopia; uncle of Andromeda, whom he wished to marry.
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Robur-le-Conquerant
cèdres, qui se groupent en forêts splendides aux flancs inférieurs de la chaîne.
» L'Albatros ne s'attarda pas au-dessus du lac que le fleuve traverse et reprit son vol à travers la vallée de l'Hydaspe. Pendant une demi-heure seulement, descendu à dix mètres du fleuve, il resta stationnaire. Alors, au moyen d'un tuyau de caoutchouc envoyé en dehors, Tom Turner et ses gens s'occupèrent de refaire leur provision d'eau, qui fut aspirée par une pompe que les courants des accumulateurs mirent en mouvement. Durant cette opération, Uncle Prudent et Phil Evans s'étaient regardés. Un...
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Robur-le-Conquerant
- C'est fait, ingénieur Robur!
et le golfe qui porte son nom. A l'horizon se profilaient confusément les monts Kong du royaume de Dahomey. Depuis le départ de Tombouctou, Uncle Prudent et Phil Evans avaient pu constater que la direction avait toujours été du nord au sud. De là, cette conclusion que, si elle ne se modifiait pas, ils rencontreraient, six degrés au-delà, la ligne équinoxiale. L' Albatros allait-il donc encore abandonner les continents et se lancer, non plus sur une mer de Behring, une mer Caspienne, une mer du N...
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Excerpt from Troilus and Cressida - anthology.
Enter Pandarus and Cressida, veiled PANDARUS. Come, come, what need you blush? Shame's a baby. ( To Troilus ) Here she is now: swear the oaths now to her that you have sworn to me. ( To Cressida ) What, are you gone again? You must be watched ere you be made tame, must you? Come your ways, come your ways; an you draw backward, we'll put you i'th'fills. ( To Troilus ) Why do you not speak to her? ( To Cressida ) Come, draw this curtain, and let's see your picture. Alas the day, how loath you are...
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Hundred Years' War.
knowledge of English tactics. Du Guesclin became Constable of France (head of the army) in 1370, and when he died in 1380, Clisson succeeded him. Charles also reorganized the French military, developing a full-time, professional army for the first time, and established a regular system of taxation to pay for it. Inaddition, France gained an important ally on the throne of the Spanish kingdom of Castile, Henry II, who had pledged support for Charles V. When the Caroline war began in 1369, the Eng...
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Hundred Years' War .
knowledge of English tactics. Du Guesclin became Constable of France (head of the army) in 1370, and when he died in 1380, Clisson succeeded him. Charles also reorganized the French military, developing a full-time, professional army for the first time, and established a regular system of taxation to pay for it. Inaddition, France gained an important ally on the throne of the Spanish kingdom of Castile, Henry II, who had pledged support for Charles V. When the Caroline war began in 1369, the Eng...
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Rutherford B.
Governor Hayes gave Ohio an honest administration. During his two separate terms (from 1868 to 1872 and then from 1876 to 1877) were conspicuous, in that age ofpolitical corruption, for freedom from scandal and irregularities. Even newspapers that supported the opposition Democratic Party praised his administration. Although a Democratic legislature in Hayes's first term obstructed many of his liberal measures, he was able to reform the prison system. During his second term aRepublican majority...
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American Civil War.
free state to keep the balance in the Senate. It also provided that slavery would be excluded from the still unorganized part of the Louisiana Territory. A line was drawnfrom Missouri’s southern boundary, at the latitude of 36°30’, and slavery would not be allowed in the territory north of that line,with the exception of Missouri. B Compromise of 1850 Agitation against slavery continued in the North. The South reacted by defending it ever more strongly. The Mexican War, by which the United Stat...
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American Civil War - U.
free state to keep the balance in the Senate. It also provided that slavery would be excluded from the still unorganized part of the Louisiana Territory. A line was drawnfrom Missouri’s southern boundary, at the latitude of 36°30’, and slavery would not be allowed in the territory north of that line,with the exception of Missouri. B Compromise of 1850 Agitation against slavery continued in the North. The South reacted by defending it ever more strongly. The Mexican War, by which the United Stat...
- Uncle sam
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REMEMBER UNCLE AUGUST, THE UNHAPPY INVENTOR de Georg Grosz
REMEMBER UNCLE AUGUST, THE UNHAPPY INVENTOR 1919 Peintre allemand Biographie '2:; Georg Grosz, né à Berlin en 1893, reçut sa formation artistique à un tournant histo rique de la culture mondiale. Dès le com mencement de son parcours artistique, il montre beaucoup d'intérêt pour le gra phisme. Mais la personnalité artistique de Grosz fut surtout influencée par l'expérience de l'expressionnisme allemand et marquée à jamais par les guerres qui b...
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It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life, motion picture about a man who believes he is a failure because he never left the small town where he grew up, based on the story The Greatest
Gift by Philip Van Doren Stern.
When Uncle Billy leaves George’s house drunk he stumbles over what sounds like trash cans, and says “I’m all right, I’m all right…” In fact, actor Thomas Mitchell wasstumbling over some equipment left by the film crew and he was assuring the crew member he was not hurt. Director Capra left the scene as it was. Quotes Man on Porch: “Why don't you kiss her instead of talking her to death.”Bailey: “You want me to kiss her, huh?”Man on Porch: “Ah, youth is wasted on the wrong people!” Bailey: (rega...
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Robur-le-Conquerant
le sud, dont la pointe est rongée d'un éternel ressac, le terrible cap Horn.
« De retour!... disait Phil Evans. En quel endroit? - Là où ce Robur peut se ravitailler, répondait Uncle Prudent. - Ce doit être quelque île perdue de l'océan Pacifique, avec une colonie de scélérats, dignes de leur chef. - C'est mon avis, Phil Evans. Je crois, en effet, qu'il songe à laisser porter dans l'ouest, et, avec la vitesse dont il dispose, il aura rapidement atteint son but. - Mais nous ne pourrons plus mettre nos projets à exécution.., s'il y arrive... Il n'y arrivera pas, Phil Evans...
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Robur-le-Conquerant
hurracan sur l'Atlantique, typhon dans les mers de Chine, simoun au Sahara, tornade sur la côte occidentale,
c'est toujours une tempête tournante - et redoutable.
Il était deux heures du matin. Le baromètre, oscillant avec des écarts de douze millimètres, était alors tombé à 709 - ce qui, en réalité, devait être diminué de la baisse due à la hauteur atteinte par l'aéronef au-dessus du niveau de la mer. Phénomène assez rare, ce cyclone s'était formé hors des zones qu'il parcourt le plus habituellement, c'est-à-dire entre le trentième parallèle nord et le vingt-sixième parallèle sud. Peut-être cela explique-t-il comment cette tempête tournante se changea su...