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; I turned with its turnings, and finding a moss-blackened granite crag in a hidden angle, I sat down under it. High banks of moor were about me; the crag protected my head: the sky was over that." In fact, the entire countryside around…

of London, and having in the traces, now dogs, now cats, now pigs, now men-never horses. Fantastic failures of journeys occupied me until the day dawned and the birds were singing. Then I got up and partly dressed, and sat at the window to take a last look out…

been trying to read through a novel called Principi Matematici, but to no avail. As he sat stranded on page three of his mathematical conquest, he was overcome by a wealth of distractions. The golden sun was shining down on him that day, or so it seemed…

, visible to no one but the newly crowned king. He sat amongst the guests, blood, gashes and all. To them, Macbeth was talking to nothing; a figment of his imagination, or perhaps, his guilt-stained conscience. Having decided that he had come too far…

."         The helicopter blades were still turning, the engines cooling. I climbed in and sat in the copilot's seat. Hendricks came out shortly after, looked around, finally spotted me. I opened the door.         "What do you want?"         "You're driving, get…

anyway. I was normal; there was nothing different about me. I was as normal as the person sat next to me. In fact I was more normal, I was probably the most normal person on the bus. As I thought about it I realised that I was the most normal someone could…

and her parents had died three weeks ago. We went back to the room were we meet up with the ten other girls. We sat around and talked about stupid things for a few hours and then we all went to bed. I couldn't sleep that night all I could think about…

unconscious mother, and kneeled beside her. I ran my hand down her beaten face and looked at what had become of her. She let out a staggered breath and inhaled the warmth of the sun. Her eyes flickered to open, but couldn't seem to make it. I sat beside her…

and Cummings had big dreams about being successful the characters in "The Full Monty" are hoping for only survival. They are unemployed, broke and can see no way to make their situation better. In one instance they are sat in the Job Club playing cards instead…

. There's someone here to see you." The warden’s emotionless tone pushed Chris from his thoughts and back into the misery of his reality. He sat up and glared at the two men standing in front of him. The door was slammed shut Chris and his attorney were left…