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Struck by lightning! Struck by lightning!

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It's the deep breath before the plunge.

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I wish Merry was here," he heard himself saying, and quick thoughts raced through his mind, even as he watched the enemy come charging to the assault....more

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Oh! That was poetry!" said Pippin. "Do you really mean to start before the break of day?

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Short cuts make long delays.

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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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I hope I never smell the smell of apples again!" said Fili. "My tub was full of ut. To smell apples everlastingly when you can scarcely move and are c...more

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Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning...more

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If you have ever seen a dragon in a pinch, you will realize that this was only poetical exaggeration applied to any hobbit, even to Old Took's great-g...more

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Slowly the lights of the torches in front of Merry flicked and went out, and he was walking in a darkness; and he thought: ‘This is a tunnel leading t...more

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They hammered on the outer gate and called, but there was at first no answer; and then to their surprise someone blew a horn, and the lights in the wi...more

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I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to

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If all the seven stones were laid out before me now, I should shut my eyes and put my hands in my pockets.

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In describing a fairy story which they think adults might possibly read for their own entertainment, reviewers frequently indulge in such waggeries as...more

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No one, I fancy, would discredit a story that the Archbishop of Canterbury slipped on a banana skin merely because he found that a similar comic misha...more