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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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Struck by lightning! Struck by lightning!

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It's the deep breath before the plunge.

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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

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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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That's what I meant,' said Pippin. 'We hobbits ought to stick together, and we will. I shall go, unless they chain me up. There must be someone with i...more

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

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

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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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It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt,It lies behind stars and under hills,And empty holes it fills,It comes first and fo...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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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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The Eleven king looked sternly upon Thorin, when he was brought before him, and asked him many questions. But Thorin would only say that he was starvi...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