"Dismal and fearsome to view was this strong place of Carcë, most like to the embodied soul of dreadful night brooding…"

"And by my philosophy, O King, I am certified concerning these apparitions which you have raised for me, that they be …"

"And now when the retorts and beakers with their several necks and tubes and the appurtenances thereof were set in ord…"

"It was high noon when the Lord Gro came to his senses in that chamber. The strong spring sunshine poured through the …"

"[T]he Lord Brandoch Daha fared fore and aft on the gangway about and about, as a caged panther fareth when feeding ti…"

"So flieth folly before wisdom which is in wine," said the King. "The night is young: bring me botargoes, and caviare …"

"And at the last, howsoe'er we shape our course, cometh the poppy that abideth all of us by the harbour of oblivion ha…"

"Prezmyra: "And this was my question, whether it be true that all animals of the land are in their kind in the sea? My…"

"What be these mantichores of the mountains that eat men's brains?" asked the Lady Mevrian. "This book is so excellent…"

"The harvest of this world is to the resolute, and he that is infirm of purpose is ground betwixt the upper and the ne…"