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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... live like gentlemen , enjoying themselves to the full , and free from worry of any kind . But the people in Roman - land are easily worsted in war , because they place their hopes of safety on others rather than themselves . Their ...
... live like gentlemen , enjoying themselves to the full , and free from worry of any kind . But the people in Roman - land are easily worsted in war , because they place their hopes of safety on others rather than themselves . Their ...
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... live by their calling , and so on . It is easy to see that Priscus felt himself to be talking as sagely as Socrates , upon whose style his reply is evidently modeled ; but that reply has the fault so common with rhetoricians and ...
... live by their calling , and so on . It is easy to see that Priscus felt himself to be talking as sagely as Socrates , upon whose style his reply is evidently modeled ; but that reply has the fault so common with rhetoricians and ...
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... live to be The last leaf upon the tree In the spring , - Let them smile , as I do now , At the old forsaken bough Where I cling . ( From " THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE " VII . - 3 HOLMES 33 The mossy marbles rest ...
... live to be The last leaf upon the tree In the spring , - Let them smile , as I do now , At the old forsaken bough Where I cling . ( From " THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE " VII . - 3 HOLMES 33 The mossy marbles rest ...
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... live and die , Nor long for Midas ' golden touch ; If Heaven more generous gifts deny , I shall not miss them much , Too grateful for the blessing lent Of simple tastes and mind content ! MY LAST WALK WITH THE SCHOOLMISTRESS ( A ...
... live and die , Nor long for Midas ' golden touch ; If Heaven more generous gifts deny , I shall not miss them much , Too grateful for the blessing lent Of simple tastes and mind content ! MY LAST WALK WITH THE SCHOOLMISTRESS ( A ...
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... live eggs ) , I cannot say . Wise men have said more foolish things , 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 ...
... live eggs ) , I cannot say . Wise men have said more foolish things , 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 ...
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