"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

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Anna Katharine Green — The Crown Derby Plate

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Asimov in the Age of Prompt-Writing

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E.T.A. Hoffman — The Story of the Hard Nut

Perlipat’s mother was the wife of a king–that is, a queen; and, in consequence, Perlipat, the moment she was born, was a princess by birth. The king was beside himself for joy as he saw his beautiful little daughter lying in her cradle; he danced

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