“It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal.”
“Death, only, renders hope futile.”
Edgar Rice Burroughs
“I had this story from one who had no business to tell it to me, or to any other. I may credit the seductive influence of an old vintage upon the narrator for the beginning of it, and my own skeptical ...”
Edgar Rice Burroughs
“On the fifth day following the murder of the ship's officers, land was sighted by the lookout. Whether island or mainland, Black Michael did not know, but he announced to Clayton that if investigation...”
Edgar Rice Burroughs
“In his leisure Clayton read, often aloud to his wife, from the store of books he had brought for their new home. Among these were many for little children — picture books, primers, readers — for they ...”
Edgar Rice Burroughs
“Kala was the youngest mate of a male called Tublat, meaning broken nose, and the child she had seen dashed to death was her first; for she was but nine or ten years old.”
Edgar Rice Burroughs