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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... better than this . True , they correct them , but only for their good as parents or schoolmasters correct children , in order that they may cease to do evil and behave as is suitable for persons in their station . The Roman master is ...
... better than this . True , they correct them , but only for their good as parents or schoolmasters correct children , in order that they may cease to do evil and behave as is suitable for persons in their station . The Roman master is ...
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... better prince , if he had well serued God , and by grace obteined as much truth and good will as he had strength and wit . The man had an high heart , & sore longed vpward , not rising yet so fast as he had hoped , being hindered & kept ...
... better prince , if he had well serued God , and by grace obteined as much truth and good will as he had strength and wit . The man had an high heart , & sore longed vpward , not rising yet so fast as he had hoped , being hindered & kept ...
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... better place , bicause they were a kings sonnes . Lo the honourable courage of a king . Whervpon they saie , that a priest of sir Robert Brakenberies tooke vp the bodies againe , and secretlie interred them in such place , as by the ...
... better place , bicause they were a kings sonnes . Lo the honourable courage of a king . Whervpon they saie , that a priest of sir Robert Brakenberies tooke vp the bodies againe , and secretlie interred them in such place , as by the ...
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... better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep , And there should be her grave ; Nail to the mast her holy flag , Set every threadbare sail , And give her to the god of storms , The ...
... better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep , And there should be her grave ; Nail to the mast her holy flag , Set every threadbare sail , And give her to the god of storms , The ...
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... better than a toadstool , odious to the sense and poisonous to the intel- lect , when it spawns itself all over the talk of men and youths capable of talking , as it sometimes does . As we hear flash phraseology , it is commonly the ...
... better than a toadstool , odious to the sense and poisonous to the intel- lect , when it spawns itself all over the talk of men and youths capable of talking , as it sometimes does . As we hear flash phraseology , it is commonly the ...
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