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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... passed over the garden , on which the young man , Devadatta , pointing his bow , shot one of them through the wing , and left his arrow fixed in the feathers ; whilst the bird fell to the ground at some distance off in the middle of the ...
... passed over the garden , on which the young man , Devadatta , pointing his bow , shot one of them through the wing , and left his arrow fixed in the feathers ; whilst the bird fell to the ground at some distance off in the middle of the ...
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... passed it the wife of the owner came forth with a multitude of attendants bearing food and wine - " the highest honor , " says Priscus , " which one Scythian can pay to another " — saluted him , and begged him to partake of the repast ...
... passed it the wife of the owner came forth with a multitude of attendants bearing food and wine - " the highest honor , " says Priscus , " which one Scythian can pay to another " — saluted him , and begged him to partake of the repast ...
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... passed by 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 ...
... passed by 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 ...
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... Passing by such words as are poisonous , I can swallow most others , and chew such as I cannot swallow . Dandies are not good for much , but they are good for some- thing . They invent or keep in circulation those conversational blank ...
... Passing by such words as are poisonous , I can swallow most others , and chew such as I cannot swallow . Dandies are not good for much , but they are good for some- thing . They invent or keep in circulation those conversational blank ...
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... passing fevers then Come shaking down into the joints of miserable men ; As this were faln to earth , and shot along the field his rays Now towards Priam , when he saw in great Æacides , Out flew his tender voice in shrieks , and with ...
... passing fevers then Come shaking down into the joints of miserable men ; As this were faln to earth , and shot along the field his rays Now towards Priam , when he saw in great Æacides , Out flew his tender voice in shrieks , and with ...
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