We now know most things that can be measured in this world, except the bounds of human ambition!

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.

On the earth, even in the darkest night, the light never wholly abandons his rule. It is diffused and subtle, but little as may remain, the retina of the eye is sensible of it.

What pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it?

On the morrow the horizon was covered with clouds- a thick and impenetrable curtain between earth and sky, which unhappily extended as far as the Rocky Mountains. It was a fatality!

Oh, figures!' answered Ned. 'You can make figures do whatever you want.

I see that it is by no means useless to travel, if a man wants to see something new