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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... door you are standing . That is the custom of the Huns : after Attila has had his share , the chiefs of the nation are allowed to take their pick of the wealthiest captives , and so Onégesh chose me . Afterwards , having dis- tinguished ...
... door you are standing . That is the custom of the Huns : after Attila has had his share , the chiefs of the nation are allowed to take their pick of the wealthiest captives , and so Onégesh chose me . Afterwards , having dis- tinguished ...
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... door was unbarred . Priscus obtained an interview with the minister and delivered the pres- ents , which were graciously received . It is needless to trans- cribe the memoranda , almost tediously minute , which Priscus . has kept of his ...
... door was unbarred . Priscus obtained an interview with the minister and delivered the pres- ents , which were graciously received . It is needless to trans- cribe the memoranda , almost tediously minute , which Priscus . has kept of his ...
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... door of Attila's palace . These were the signs that the king was coming forth , and the rhetorician obtained a good place to watch his exit . With a stately strut Attila came forth , looking this way and that . Then he stood with his ...
... door of Attila's palace . These were the signs that the king was coming forth , and the rhetorician obtained a good place to watch his exit . With a stately strut Attila came forth , looking this way and that . Then he stood with his ...
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... door , Stretched in his last - found home , and knew the old no more . Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee , Child of the wandering sea , Cast from her lap forlorn ! From thy dead lips a clearer note is born Than ever Triton ...
... door , Stretched in his last - found home , and knew the old no more . Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee , Child of the wandering sea , Cast from her lap forlorn ! From thy dead lips a clearer note is born Than ever Triton ...
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... door , And again The pavement stones resound , As he totters o'er the ground With his cane . They say that in his prime , Ere the pruning - knife of Time Cut him down , Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round Through the ...
... door , And again The pavement stones resound , As he totters o'er the ground With his cane . They say that in his prime , Ere the pruning - knife of Time Cut him down , Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round Through the ...
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