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Illustrations in The Hobbit

"This was made by Thror, your grandfather, Thorin", he said in answer to the dwarves' exited questions. "It's a plan to the mountain."
From Ilúvatar to Hobbits; the races of Arda Encyclopedia of Arda: WOW! (Thanks, Garavito)
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Lord of the Rings Movie (December 2001)

 

Bilbo smoking

"...a very fine morning for a pipe of tobacco out of doors..."

Falling Dwarves

"He pulled open the door with a jerk, and they all fell in, one on top of the other."

Looking at the map

"On the table (...) he spread a piece of parchment rather like a map."

The Trolls

"...all neatly tied up in sacks, with three angry trolls (...) sitting by them..."

Rivendell

"There was only a narrow bridge of stone (...) and over that they had to go..."

Goblin King

"There in the shadows, on a large flat stone, sat a tremendous goblin with a huge head..."

"It's got to ask uss one quesstion, yes, yess," said Gollum.

"They saw him sooner than  he saw them. Yes, they saw him."

"... evidently a meeting place of the wolves. (...) They left guards at the foot of the trees where Dori and Bilbo were..."

"Good-bye," said Gandalf to Thorin. "And good-bye to you all, good bye."

"In the end he poked his head above the roof of leaves..."

Bilbo was horrified (...)a dwarvish foot (...) or here or there a tip of a nose, or a bit of beard or a hood.