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  1. J.R.R. Tolkien _ The Hobbit

    So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending!" said Bilbo, and he turned his back on his adventure."
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  2. J.R.R. Tolkien _ The Hobbit

    Cheer up Thorin and Company! This is your expedition after all. Think of the treasure at the end, and forget the forest and the dragon, at any rate until tomorrow morning!
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  3. J.R.R. Tolkien _ The Hobbit

    No!" said Thorin. "There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. But sad or merry, I must leave it now. Farewell!
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  4. J.R.R. Tolkien _ The Hobbit

    Sorry! I don't want any adventures, thank you. Not today. Good morning! But please come to tea-any time you like! Why not tomorrow? Come tomorrow! Good
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  5. J.R.R. Tolkien _ The Hobbit

    No great leap for a man, but a leap in the dark.
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  6. J.R.R. Tolkien _ The Hobbit

    But fairest of all was the great white gem, which the dwarves had found beneath the roots of the Mountain, the Heart of the Mountain, the Arkenstone of Thrain.
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  7. J.R.R. Tolkien _ The Hobbit

    He had many hardships and adventures before he got back. The Wild was still the Wild, and there were many other things in it in those days beside goblins; but he was well guided and well guarded-the wizard was with him, and Beorn for much of the way-and he was never in great danger again."
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  8. J.R.R. Tolkien _ The Hobbit

    His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking best, or a pleasant mixture of them all.
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  9. J.R.R. Tolkien _ The Hobbit

    Fifteen birds in five fir-trees, their feathers were fanned in a fiery breeze! But, funny little birds, they had no wings! O what shall we do with the funny little things? Roast
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  10. J.R.R. Tolkien _ The Hobbit

    so they all left the path and plunged into the forest together.
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  11. J.R.R. Tolkien _ The Hobbit

    In the Wide World the Wood-elves lingered in the twilight of our Sun and Moon, but loved best the stars; and they wandered in the great forests that grew tall in lands that are now lost. They dwelt most often by the edges of the woods, from which they could escape at times to hunt, or to ride and run over the open lands by moonlight or starlight; and after the coming of Men they took ever more and more to the gloaming and the dusk. Still elves they were and remain, and that is Good People.
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  12. J.R.R. Tolkien _ The Hobbit

    Gandalf for certain this time," he thought as he puffed along the passage. But it was not. It was two more dwarves, both with blue hoods, silver belts, and yellow beards; and each of them carried a bag of tools and a spade. In they hopped, as soon as the door began to open-Bilbo was hardly surprised at all.
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