The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, Volume 7G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 - Literature |
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... whatever merit would have attached to the gift , that this might redound to the woman's benefit . Then dismissing the other Brahmans to go to the king and tell the joyful news , he himself began to question the 4 HINDOO LITERATURE.
... whatever merit would have attached to the gift , that this might redound to the woman's benefit . Then dismissing the other Brahmans to go to the king and tell the joyful news , he himself began to question the 4 HINDOO LITERATURE.
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... began to question the woman straitly as to the character of the event which had happened . To whom the woman replied , " Great minister ! pray listen to me well ; the circumstances attending the birth of the child were very wonder- ful ...
... began to question the woman straitly as to the character of the event which had happened . To whom the woman replied , " Great minister ! pray listen to me well ; the circumstances attending the birth of the child were very wonder- ful ...
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... began to eat the flesh that was in the pot , and at last finished it all , without leaving a morsel . Just as he had finished , his wife came back with the water , and seeing the pot empty , she asked her husband , ' Where has the flesh ...
... began to eat the flesh that was in the pot , and at last finished it all , without leaving a morsel . Just as he had finished , his wife came back with the water , and seeing the pot empty , she asked her husband , ' Where has the flesh ...
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... began inquiring into our losses . Roused by our clamor , the Scythians started up , kindled the long reeds which serve them for candles , and which threw a good light upon the scene , and then asked us what on earth we wanted that we ...
... began inquiring into our losses . Roused by our clamor , the Scythians started up , kindled the long reeds which serve them for candles , and which threw a good light upon the scene , and then asked us what on earth we wanted that we ...
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... began to compare notes . " Are you dismissed , " said they , " or pressed to remain ? " " The very thing , " he answered , " that I myself want to know , and that keeps me all day hanging about near the palisading of Onégesh . Pray has ...
... began to compare notes . " Are you dismissed , " said they , " or pressed to remain ? " " The very thing , " he answered , " that I myself want to know , and that keeps me all day hanging about near the palisading of Onégesh . Pray has ...
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