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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... land to adopt the Scythian life . " What has put it into your head to ask me such a question as that ? " said he . " Your Greek accent , " answered I. Then he laughed and said , " Tis true I am of Greek parentage , and I came for ...
... land to adopt the Scythian life . " What has put it into your head to ask me such a question as that ? " said he . " Your Greek accent , " answered I. Then he laughed and said , " Tis true I am of Greek parentage , and I came for ...
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... land . There was no trace of the Oriental seclusion of women in the palace of Kreka . A large number of men - servants stood in a circle round her , while her maids sat on the floor in front , and were busied in dyeing linen of various ...
... land . There was no trace of the Oriental seclusion of women in the palace of Kreka . A large number of men - servants stood in a circle round her , while her maids sat on the floor in front , and were busied in dyeing linen of various ...
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... land has ever achieved so much in so short a time as this man , who has made himself master of the islands in the ocean , and besides ruling all Scythia has forced even the Romans to pay him tribute . " Then Romulus proceeded to tell ...
... land has ever achieved so much in so short a time as this man , who has made himself master of the islands in the ocean , and besides ruling all Scythia has forced even the Romans to pay him tribute . " Then Romulus proceeded to tell ...
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... land . More delicious laughter followed , and Bleda straightway provided him with a wife in the person of a Hunnish damsel of noble birth who had been maid of honor to his queen , but had fallen into disgrace and been banished from her ...
... land . More delicious laughter followed , and Bleda straightway provided him with a wife in the person of a Hunnish damsel of noble birth who had been maid of honor to his queen , but had fallen into disgrace and been banished from her ...
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... land ; · Give me a mortgage here and there , Some good bank - stock , some note of hand , Or trifling railroad share ; I only ask that Fortune send A little more than I shall spend . - Honors are silly toys , I know , And titles are but ...
... land ; · Give me a mortgage here and there , Some good bank - stock , some note of hand , Or trifling railroad share ; I only ask that Fortune send A little more than I shall spend . - Honors are silly toys , I know , And titles are but ...
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