Belphœbe » Jules Verne http://belphoebe.benjaminbruce.com literary tidbits Sat, 02 Oct 2010 17:04:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Around the World in Eighty Days http://belphoebe.benjaminbruce.com/2007/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-2/ http://belphoebe.benjaminbruce.com/2007/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-2/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:19:24 +0000 Mashkioya http://belphoebe.benjaminbruce.com/2007/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-2/ As to the gentleman’s wardrobe, it was in very good taste, and wonderfully complete. Each pair of pantaloons, coat, or waistcoat, bore a regular number, which was also entered upon a register, indicating the date at which, according to the season, these garments were to be worn in their turn. The same rule applied to his shoes.

Jules Verne, Around the World in Eighty Days

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‘Save this woman, Mr Fogg!’ cried the brigadier-general.

‘I have still twelve hours to spare. I can devote them to her.’

‘Why, you are a man of heart!’ said Sir Francis Cromarty.

‘Sometimes,’ replied Phileas Fogg simply, ‘when I have time.’

Jules Verne, Around the World in Eighty Days

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