CHAPTER I. Three invalids.—Sufferings of George and Harris.—A victim to one hundred and seven fatal maladies.—Useful prescriptions.—Cure for liver complaint in children.—We agree that we are overworked‚ and need rest.—A week on the rolling deep?—George suggests the River.—Montmorency lodges an objection.—Original motion carried by majority of three to one. There were four of us—George‚ and William Samuel Harris‚ and myself‚ and Montmorency. We were sitting in my room‚ smoking‚ and talking
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Robert Moses In the late 1930s a municipal controversy raged over whether an additional vehicular link between Brooklyn and lower Manhattan would be a bridge or a tunnel. Bridges can be wider and cheaper but tall ones use more ramp space at landfall than tunnels. A "Brooklyn Battery Bridge" would have destroyed Battery Park and physically encroached on the financial district. The bridge was opposed by the Regional Plan Association‚ historical preservationists‚ Wall Street financial interests and
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Analysis of the text “Three men in a boat”. I’d like to tell you an extract from the novel “Three men in a boat”‚ written by Jerome K. Jerome. He is a well-known English writer‚ whose novels have enjoyed great popularity. He is famous for his art of story-telling‚ his vivid style and his humour which is generally expressed in laughter-provoking situations often based on misunderstanding. With sparkling humour he criticized the weak sides of human nature. The action is set at Sonning‚ a
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In the essay “American Dream Boat” by K.Oanh Ha‚ the author says that intercultural relationships are generally a good thing as long as the families of both partners compromise. Ha‚ was a Vietnamese girl who came to America with the “Boat People” when she was six years old. She then changed her name to Kristine and became Americanized. In college‚ she met a Caucasian American named Scott. They fell in love and got engaged. She decided to visit Vietnam to reconnect to her roots‚ but while she was
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Well is been 100 days in this submarine boat or something. So I’m pretty much stuck here for life. And sorry to tell you what happened hi I’m Captain John Smith and I suppose to be on a vacation in Hawaii but something hit me and now I’m stuck here. So I’m trying to power up this submarine to get some light or at least move this thing around because I’m not moving it by my own ok. Well apparently now I’m in ashore place because I see sand and real people ice humans. Since everyone sounds like speedy
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in the novel suggests otherwise. Like his friends‚ J. is a hypochondriac. George A good-natured banker‚ and one of J.’s best friends. Of the three men‚ he is portrayed as the only one who is seriously dedicated to his job. He brings a banjo on the boat trip and tries to learn how to play it. Harris A friend of George and J.‚ who joins them on the trip. Although the novel’s flashbacks suggest that J. and Harris (full name William Samuel Harris) have known each other for a long time‚ J. actually
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HARRIS - • a practical young man‚ who could not appreciate romanticism in the world around him. • fond of drinking and eating; not too fond of working hard. • not much imagination and was more aggressive than the other two. • had a strange fascination for cemeteries and tombs • not much aesthetic sense and dressed in loud colours like orange and yellow‚ which did not suit him. • a terrible singer and could never remember the words to a song. • thought he could cook well‚ but as the incident
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fe boaOscar Rubi American Government And Politics Professor- J.Carney-Waterton November 5‚ 2012 Life Ethics Essay The plane crashes on a deserted island near the Florida coast. The plane is equipped with two life rafts but one has burned completely and only one is working correctly. Only four people may get on board the life raft and live. There is a husband and wife expecting twins‚ a chemical engineer‚ a priest‚ a college student majoring in sociology‚ a police officer‚ a
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that sparkling manner of writing. The passage presents a piece of narration intercepted with a description. It may be split into two logically complete parts. The first part – “Beautiful Sonning “ describes the place the three friends got out of the boat and put up for the night. The second part – “Cooking Irish srew” narrates how they cooked Irish stew. The extract begins with the description of the beautiful view and comfortable destination of the place where the action comes to pass. From the
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The analysis 1. The title of the story. The function of the title is to inform the reader briefly of what the text or story that follows is about. Sometimes titles show individuality оf the writer. They are characterizing by shortness and catching character. A skillful worked out title tells the whole story on enough of the story to satisfy the reader ’s curiosity. 2.The plot of the story. Most novels and stories have plots. Every plot is arrangement of meaningful events. The plot has such
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