"In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit."
"Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy."
"The Morning had dawned clear and cold, with a crispiness that hinted at the end of the summer."
"The night before he went to London, Richard Mayhew was not enjoying himself."
"It was night again. The Waystone Inn lay in silence, and it was a silence of three parts."
"Some years ago there was in the city of York, a society of magicians."
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."