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No defects to be afraid of, for the double shell is as firm as iron; no rigging to attend to; no sails for the wind to carry away; no boilers to burst; no fire to fear, for the vessel is made of iron, not of wood; no coal to run short, for electricity is the only mechanical agent; no collision to fear, for it alone swims in deep water; no tempest to brave, for when it dives below the water it reaches absolute tranquillity. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context Clearly, at some time in the Long-Ago of human decay the Morlocks' food had run short. The Time Machine by Wells, H.G. View in context As often happens in these large families, a distinct dividing-line could be traced, about half-way in the succession, where the money for educational purposes had run short, and the six younger children had grown up far more economically than the elder. Night and Day by Woolf, Virginia View in context More results

? References in classic literature

No defects to be afraid of, for the double shell is as firm as iron; no rigging to attend to; no sails for the wind to carry away; no boilers to burst; no fire to fear, for the vessel is made of iron, not of wood; no coal to run short, for electricity is the only mechanical agent; no collision to fear, for it alone swims in deep water; no tempest to brave, for when it dives below the water it reaches absolute tranquillity.

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context

Clearly, at some time in the Long-Ago of human decay the Morlocks' food had run short.

The Time Machine by Wells, H.G. View in context

As often happens in these large families, a distinct dividing-line could be traced, about half-way in the succession, where the money for educational purposes had run short, and the six younger children had grown up far more economically than the elder.

Night and Day by Woolf, Virginia View in context

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