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Arthur Conan Doyle

Tales of Terror and Mystery

  • b1719552305цитируетв прошлом году
    There is surely something divine in man himself that he should rise so superior to the limitations which Creation seemed to impose—rise, too, by such unselfish, heroic devotion as this air-conquest has shown. Talk of human degeneration! When has such a story as this been written in the annals of our race?
  • b4616910503цитирует5 лет назад
    But why should you expect otherwise of me
  • Bluep3nцитирует6 лет назад
    "The torture of the water—the 'Extraordinary Question,' as it was called in the genial days of 'Le Roi Soleil.'
  • Bluep3nцитирует6 лет назад
    done—that they could be done without God striking the villains dead.
  • Bluep3nцитирует6 лет назад
    If you think of it, some of our popular observances show that the fact has already been recognized by our ancestors, although we, in our wisdom, have classed it among superstitions."
  • Bluep3nцитирует6 лет назад
    I do not know whether it was from a look upon Dacre's face, or from some subtle suggestion in his manner,
  • Bluep3nцитирует6 лет назад
    According to my theory, any object which has been intimately associated with any supreme paroxysm of human emotion, whether it be joy or pain, will retain a certain atmosphere or association which it is capable of communicating to a sensitive mind.
  • Bluep3nцитирует6 лет назад
    According to my theory, any object which has been intimately associated with any supreme paroxysm of human emotion, whether it be joy or pain, will retain a certain atmosphere or association which it is capable of communicating to a sensitive mind.
  • Bluep3nцитирует6 лет назад
    "The charlatan is always the pioneer. From the astrologer came the astronomer, from the alchemist the chemist, from the mesmerist the experimental psychologist. The quack of yesterday is the professor of tomorrow.
  • Bluep3nцитирует6 лет назад
    "The charlatan is always the pioneer. From the astrologer came the astronomer, from the alchemist the chemist, from the mesmerist the experimental psychologist. The quack of yesterday is the professor of tomorrow.
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