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“When we came within sight of the sea, the waves on the horizon, caught at intervals above the rolling abyss, were like glimpses of another shore with towers and buildings.”

Book:Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observations of David Copperfield the Younger

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Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observations of David Copperfield the Younger

This novel is a narrative of David Copperfield's journey through life, filled with personal growth, love, and loss. The story follows his early years, his struggles with his stepfather, his time at school, his romance, and his career as a writer. more

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Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens, a British writer born on February 7, 1812, and died on June 9, 1870, is one of the greatest novelists of the 19th century. Known for his profound social criticism and vivid narrative style, Dickens' works extensively cover social reality, revealing various issues in the British society of the time. more

“The sky aft was dark as pitch, but the moon still shone brightly ahead of us and lit up the blackness. Beneath its sheen a huge white-topped breaker, twenty feet high or more, was rushing on to us. It was on the break-the moon shone on its crest and tipped its foam with light. On it rushed beneath the inky sky, driven by the awful squall behind it.”

Stills Light Dark White Behinds Break Sea Feet Sky Huge Moon Twenties Driven Awful Lit Sailor Rushing Blackness Foam

Book:Delphi Complete Works of H. Rider Haggard (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of H. Rider Haggard (Illustrated)

“And the voices in the waves are always whispering to Florence, in their ceaseless murmuring, of love - of love, eternal and illimitable, not bounded by the confines of this world, or by the end of time, but ranging still, beyond the sea, beyond the sky, to the invisible country far away!”

World Love Stills Ends Country Voice Sea Sky This World Eternal Wave Invisible Far Away End Times Sailor Whispering Florence Murmuring

Book:Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set. Wanting A child's history of England; Christmas stories; The mystery of Edwin Drood].

Source: Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set. Wanting A child's history of England; Christmas stories; The mystery of Edwin Drood].

“You would be surprised of films that people just don't see. You know what I mean? I'm always working and I'm a film buff but I'm an old school film buff.”

People Knows Mean Would Be School Film Old School Mean People Always Working

Author:Mike Epps

“"Ay," said the Captain, reverentially; "it's a almighty element. There's wonders in the deep, my pretty. Think on it when the winds is roaring and the waves is rowling. Think on it when the stormy nights is so pitch dark," said the Captain, solemnly holding up his hook, "as you can't see your hand afore you, excepting when the wiwid lightning reweals the same; and when you drive, drive, drive through the storm and dark, as if you was a driving, head on, to the world without end."”