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Curse us and crush us, my precious is lost!

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Under the Mountain dark and tallThe King has come unto his hall!His foe is dead,the Worm of Dread,And ever so his foes shall fall.The sword is sharp, ...more

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It's the deep breath before the plunge.

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I don't know how to say it, but after last night I feel different. I seem to see ahead, in a kind of way. I know we are going to take a very long road...more

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When he heard there was nothing to eat, he sat down and wept… “Why did I ever wake up!” he cried.

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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.

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You certainly usually find something if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.

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This thing all things devours:Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;Gnaws iron, bites steel;Grinds hard stones to meal;Slays king, ruins town,And beats high m...more

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They made for his noise far quicker than he had expected. They were frightfully angry. Quite apart from the stones no spider has ever like being calle...more

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Being a cheerful hobbit, he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed.

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Hobbits always so polite, yes! O nice hobbits! Smeagol brings them up secret ways that nobody else could find. Tired he is, thirsty he is, yes thirsty...more

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And so Gollum found them hours later, when he returned, crawling and creeping down the path out of the gloom ahead. Sam sat propped against the stone,...more