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Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Review: Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) (Delphi Parts Edition

Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) (Delphi Parts Edition Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) (Delphi Parts Edition by Charles Dickens
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

“At every turn!” cried Martin. “Self, self, self. Every one among them for himself!”

(location 99151)



And it being quite impossible that any difference of opinion can take place among women without every woman who is within hearing taking active part in it...

(location 81217)



Time and tide will wait for no man, saith the adage.

But all men have to wait for time and tide.

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...they’re so fond of Liberty in this part of the globe, that they buy her and sell her and carry her to market with ‘em. They’ve such a passion for Liberty, that they can’t help taking liberties with her.

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Oh, weary, weary hour! Oh, haggard mind, groping darkly through the past; incapable of detaching itself from the miserable present; dragging its heavy chain of care through imaginary feasts and revels, and scenes of awful pomp; seeking but a moment’s rest among the long-forgotten haunts of childhood, and the resorts of yesterday; and dimly finding fear and horror everywhere! Oh, weary, weary hour! What were the wanderings of Cain, to these!

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Friday, August 9, 2019

Review: 8: All'assalto del Grande Nord ; Byrd nell'Antartico ; Dalla Terra alla Luna

8: All'assalto del Grande Nord ; Byrd nell'Antartico ; Dalla Terra alla Luna 8: All'assalto del Grande Nord ; Byrd nell'Antartico ; Dalla Terra alla Luna by Various
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Ahi!
Le cerimonie
ufficiali
saranno più faticose
della traversata
della
Groenlandia!

(Nansen, pagina 1020)

90°!
Dovunque vai
da qui vai
a Nord!

(pagina 1098)

Già…
Un giorno
un nuovo Ulisse
partirà
per lontane
galassie…

(pagina 1151)

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Monday, August 5, 2019

Review: Horlemonde

Horlemonde Horlemonde by Patrick Galliano
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Da qui le stelle non si vedono quasi
mai… e pensare che molte sono
popolate da umani come noi e che
ci sono migliaia di mondi
abitati, lassù.
(pagina 21)

"Una volta libero, potrai scegliere il tuo destino, Jatred.
Potrai fare quello che vorrai."
"So già cosa voglio. Voglio andare sulle stelle.
Conoscere l'universo."
(pagina 56)

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Sunday, August 4, 2019

Review: Clockwerx

Clockwerx Clockwerx by Jason Henderson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

L'energia controlla il pianeta, signori, e ci consentirà di comportarci come più ci aggrada…
(pagina 37)

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