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The War of the Worlds

WHAT I SAW OF THE DESTRUCTION OF WEYBRIDGE AND SHEPPERTON

As the dawn grew brighter we withdrew from the window from which we had watched the Martians, and went very quietly downstairs.

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H.G Wells
The War of the Worlds

WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN SURREY

It was this howling and firing of the guns at Ripley and St. George’s Hill that we had heard at Upper Halliford.

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The War of the Worlds

UNDER FOOT

In the first book I have wandered so much from my own adventures to tell of the experiences of my brother that all through the last two chapters I and the curate have been lurking1 in the empty house at Halliford whither we fled to escape the Black Smoke.

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The War of the Worlds

THE HEAT-RAY IN THE CHOBHAM ROAD

It is still a matter of wonder how the Martians are able to slay men so swiftly and so silently. Many think that in some way they are able to generate an intense heat in a chamber of practically absolute nonconductivity.

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The War of the Worlds

THE HEAT-RAY

After the glimpse I had had of the Martians emerging from the cylinder in which they had come to the earth from their planet, a kind of fascination1 paralysed my actions. I remained standing knee-deep in the heather, staring at the mound that hid them. I was a battleground of fear and curiosity.

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H.G Wells
The War of the Worlds

THE FIGHTING BEGINS

Saturday lives in my memory as a day of suspense. It was a day of lassitude1 too, hot and close, with, I am told, a rapidly fluctuating barometer.

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H.G Wells
The War of the Worlds

THE EVE OF THE WAR

The planet Mars, I scarcely need remind the reader, revolves about the sun at a mean distance of 140,000,000 miles, and the light and heat it receives from the sun is barely half of that received by this world.

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The War of the Worlds

THE DEATH OF THE CURATE

It was on the sixth day of our imprisonment that I peeped for the last time, and presently found myself alone. Instead of keeping close to me and trying to oust me from the slit, the curate had gone back into the scullery.

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H.G Wells
The War of the Worlds

THE DAYS OF IMPRISONMENT

The arrival of a second fighting-machine drove us from our peephole into the scullery1, for we feared that from his elevation the Martian might see down upon us behind our barrier.

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H.G Wells
The War of the Worlds

HOW I REACHED HOME

My terror had fallen from me like a garment.

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The War of the Worlds

AT THE WINDOW

I have already said that my storms of emotion have a trick of exhausting themselves.

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H.G Wells
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LINGUISTIC INTEGRATION

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THE BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS

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THE BRIGADIER ON LEAVE

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THE GUARDSMAN'S LANYARD

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SKI-ING HOLIDAY

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ARMY COMMANDER'S EXERCISE

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SHOPPING IN SRINAGAR

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VEHICLE ON A SLOPE

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THE BAND WURDI

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THE HONE

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THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT

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FAR EAST INTERLUDE

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MY LETTER TO THE CHIEF

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DINNER FOR A GENERAL

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THE SUBALTERN’S LOVE AFFAIR

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YOU ARE AN ALSATIAN

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THE BASKET BALL COURT

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U.N. OBSERVERS

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ROCKET FROM DIVISION HQ

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