Chapter 1

           Mr.PhileasFogglived,in1872,atNo.7,SavilleRow,BurlingtonGardens,thehouseinwhichSheridandiedin1814. HewasoneofthemostnoticeablemembersoftheReformClub,thoughheseemedalwaystoavoidattractingattention; anenigmaticalpersonage,aboutwhomlittlewasknown,exceptthathewasapolishedmanoftheworld. PeoplesaidthatheresembledByronatleastthathisheadwasByronic;buthewasabearded,tranquilByron,whomightliveonathousandyearswithoutgrowingold. 

           CertainlyanEnglishman,itwasmoredoubtfulwhetherPhileasFoggwasaLondoner. Hewasneverseenon‘Change,norattheBank,norinthecounting-roomsofthe"City"; noshipsevercameintoLondondocksofwhichhewastheowner; hehadnopublicemployment; hehadneverbeenenteredatanyoftheInnsofCourt,eitherattheTemple,orLincoln’sInn,orGray’sInn; norhadhisvoiceeverresoundedintheCourtofChancery,orintheExchequer,ortheQueen’sBench,ortheEcclesiasticalCourts. Hecertainlywasnotamanufacturer;norwasheamerchantoragentlemanfarmer. Hisnamewasstrangetothescientificandlearnedsocieties,andheneverwasknowntotakepartinthesagedeliberationsoftheRoyalInstitutionortheLondonInstitution,theArtisan’sAssociation,ortheInstitutionofArtsandSciences. Hebelonged,infact,tononeofthenumeroussocietieswhichswarmintheEnglishcapital,fromtheHarmonictothatoftheEntomologists,foundedmainlyforthepurposeofabolishingperniciousinsects. 

           PhileasFoggwasamemberoftheReform,andthatwasall. 

           Thewayinwhichhegotadmissiontothisexclusiveclubwassimpleenough. 

Налаштування
Фон сторінки
Розмір шрифту
Міжрядковий інтервал
Фразові дієслова
Показати / Приховати меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Сторінка 1 з 249