The Hobbit — Vocabulary
J. R. R. Tolkien
(Edited)

The time has gone for the autumn wanderings; and these are birds that dwell always in the land;p.234.3alternate pages12 more

Further in his last battle Smaug destroyed the dwellings of the men of Esgaroth,p.241.4alternate pages12 more

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.p.263.1alternate pages15 more

'Five feet high the door and three may walk abreast' say the runes, but Smaug could not creep into a hole that size, not even when he was a young dragon, certainly not after devouring so many of the dwarves and men of Dale.p.20.6alternate pages2 more

  This thing all things devours:
  Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
  Gnaws iron, bites steel;
  Grinds hard stones to meal;
  Slays king, ruins town,
  And beats high mountain down.p.73.6alternate pages2 more

Doubtless they perished first in fire, before Smaug came to us.p.231.2alternate pages5 more

The dwarves listened and shook their beards, for they knew that they must soon venture into that forest and that after the mountains it was the worst of the perils they had to pass before they came to the dragon's stronghold.p.118.4alternate pages6 more

Also they would be able to reopen and guard some other gate, so that the besiegers would have to encircle the whole mountain; and for that they had not sufficient numbers.p.254.5alternate pages2 more

He did not remember things very well, unless he put them down on his Engagement Tablet: like this: Gandalf Tea Wednesday. Yesterday he had been too flustered to do anything of the kind.p.8.5alternate pages4 more

And all the while they talked and the shadows lengthened Bilbo became more and more unhappy and his foreboding grew.p.210.8alternate pages1 more

We shall soon before the break of day start on our long journey, a journey from which some of us, or perhaps all of us ... may never return. It is a solemn moment.p.17.4alternate pages1 more

Still elves are light-footed, and though they were not in these days much used to the marches and the treacherous lands between the Forest and the Lake, their going was swift.p.233.1alternate pages1 more

There it is: dwarves are not heroes, but calculating folk with a great idea of the value of money; some are tricky and treacherous and pretty bad lots; some are not, but are decent enough people like Thorin and Company, if you don't expect too much.p.196.4alternate pages1 more

Also I was anxious about replenishing our small stock of provisions.p.42.4alternate pages1 more

We are met together in the house of our friend and fellow conspirator, this most excellent and audacious hobbit—p.17.1alternate pages1 more

He paused for breath and for a polite remark from the hobbit, but the compliments were quite lost on poor Bilbo Baggins, who was wagging his mouth in protest at being called audacious and worst of all fellow conspirator, though no noise came out, he was so flummoxed.p.17.2alternate pages1 more

[Of Elrond] He was as noble and as fair in face as an elf-lord, as strong as a warrior, as wise as a wizard, as venerable as a king of dwarves, and as kind as summer.p.49.1alternate pages

Indeed their stores had no need of any guard, for all the land was desolate and empty.p.186.6alternate pages6 more

Bard had rebuilt the town in Dale and men had gathered to him from the Lake and from South and West, and all the valley had become tilled again and rich, and the desolation was now filled with birds and blossoms in spring and fruit and feasting in autumn.p.276.1alternate pages6 more

He was quite content; and the sound of the kettle on his hearth was ever after more musical than it had been even in the quiet days before the Unexpected Party.p.275.2alternate pages3 more