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Pride and Prejudice
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
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A Tale of Two Cities
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom.
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Walden
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Curiouser and curiouser! cried Alice. She was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English.
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Moby-Dick
Call me Ishmael. Some years ago, never mind how long precisely, I thought I would sail about a little.
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Jane Eyre
I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.
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Little Women
Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents, grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.
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Sonnet 18
Shall I compare thee to a summer day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
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The Secret Garden
When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen.
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The Wind in the Willows
Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing, absolutely nothing, half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.