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1 The mechanism it certainly was that held my attention first.
The War of the WorldsBy H. G. Wells ContextHighlight In BOOK 2: II. WHAT WE SAW FROM THE RUINED HOUSE.
2 He returned and tried in vain to divert his attention to his examination notes.
The War of the WorldsBy H. G. Wells ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: XIV. IN LONDON.
3 But my brother's attention speedily reverted to the distant firing in the south.
The War of the WorldsBy H. G. Wells ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: XVII. THE "THUNDER CHILD".
4 I am not an expert driver, and I had immediately to turn my attention to the horse.
The War of the WorldsBy H. G. Wells ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: IX. THE FIGHTING BEGINS.
5 I do not think that nearly enough attention is being given to this aspect of the matter.
The War of the WorldsBy H. G. Wells ContextHighlight In BOOK 2: X. THE EPILOGUE.
6 For many hours we must have crouched there, silent and shivering, until our tired attention failed.
The War of the WorldsBy H. G. Wells ContextHighlight In BOOK 2: I. UNDER FOOT.
7 I saw and thought nothing of the other four Martian monsters; my attention was riveted upon the nearer incident.
The War of the WorldsBy H. G. Wells ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: XII. WHAT I SAW OF THE DESTRUCTION OF WEYBRIDGE AND SHEPPERTON.
8 My attention was diverted from this death flurry by a furious yelling, like that of the thing called a siren in our manufacturing towns.
The War of the WorldsBy H. G. Wells ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: XII. WHAT I SAW OF THE DESTRUCTION OF WEYBRIDGE AND SHEPPERTON.
9 At first I regarded little but the road before me, and then abruptly my attention was arrested by something that was moving rapidly down the opposite slope of Maybury Hill.
The War of the WorldsBy H. G. Wells ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: X. IN THE STORM.
10 It was with the greatest difficulty they could get her down to the beach, where presently my brother succeeded in attracting the attention of some men on a paddle steamer from the Thames.
The War of the WorldsBy H. G. Wells ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: XVII. THE "THUNDER CHILD".
11 I thought if I could induce him to come into the place quietly I should be able, perhaps, to kill and eat him; and in any case, it would be advisable to kill him, lest his actions attracted the attention of the Martians.
The War of the WorldsBy H. G. Wells ContextHighlight In BOOK 2: V. THE STILLNESS.
12 Then my brother's attention was distracted by a bearded, eagle-faced man lugging a small handbag, which split even as my brother's eyes rested on it and disgorged a mass of sovereigns that seemed to break up into separate coins as it struck the ground.
The War of the WorldsBy H. G. Wells ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: XVI. THE EXODUS FROM LONDON.