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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... feel the victor's tread , Or know the conquered knee ; - The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! O better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep , And there should ...
... feel the victor's tread , Or know the conquered knee ; - The harpies of the shore shall pluck The eagle of the sea ! O better that her shattered hulk Should sink beneath the wave ; Her thunders shook the mighty deep , And there should ...
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... feeling and looking queer . In fact , there's nothing that keeps its youth , So far as I know , but a tree and truth . ( This is a moral that runs at large ; Take it . -- You're welcome . No extra charge . ) FIRST OF NOVEMBER , - the ...
... feeling and looking queer . In fact , there's nothing that keeps its youth , So far as I know , but a tree and truth . ( This is a moral that runs at large ; Take it . -- You're welcome . No extra charge . ) FIRST OF NOVEMBER , - the ...
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... and foolish men , I don't doubt , have said as wise things . Anyhow , the schoolmistress and I had pleasant walks and long talks , all of which I do not feel bound to report . - You are a stranger to me , Ma'am : 48 HOLMES.
... and foolish men , I don't doubt , have said as wise things . Anyhow , the schoolmistress and I had pleasant walks and long talks , all of which I do not feel bound to report . - You are a stranger to me , Ma'am : 48 HOLMES.
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... of keen reproaches let him feel ; But sheathe , obedient , thy revenging steel . For I pronounce ( and trust a heavenly power ) Thy injured honor has its fated hour , When the proud monarch shall thy arms implore , And 60 HOMER.
... of keen reproaches let him feel ; But sheathe , obedient , thy revenging steel . For I pronounce ( and trust a heavenly power ) Thy injured honor has its fated hour , When the proud monarch shall thy arms implore , And 60 HOMER.
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... feeling for the place with my hand . But my second thought withheld me , for so should we too have perished even there with utter doom . For we should not have prevailed to roll away with our hands from the lofty door the heavy stone ...
... feeling for the place with my hand . But my second thought withheld me , for so should we too have perished even there with utter doom . For we should not have prevailed to roll away with our hands from the lofty door the heavy stone ...
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