However, the balloon, lightened of heavy articles, such as ammunition, arms, and provisions, had risen into the higher layers of the atmosphere, to a height of 4,500 feet. The voyagers, after having discovered that the sea extended beneath them, and thinking the dangers above less dreadful than those below, did not hesitate to throw overboard even their most useful articles, while they endeavored to lose no more of that fluid, the life of their enterprise, which sustained them above the abyss.

It was all very well for an Englishman like Mr. Fogg to make the tour of the world with a carpet-bag; a lady could not be expected to travel comfortably under such conditions.

I can undertake and persevere even without hope of success.

Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.

The cold, increased by the tremendous speed, deprived them of the power of speech.

He must have travelled everywhere, at least in the spirit.

An English criminal, you know is always better concealed in London than anywhere else.