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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... presents . These were three silver bowls , some red skins , Indian pepper , dates , and other articles of food , which the barbarians prize as foreign to their climate . Then we wished her health and happiness in return for her ...
... presents . These were three silver bowls , some red skins , Indian pepper , dates , and other articles of food , which the barbarians prize as foreign to their climate . Then we wished her health and happiness in return for her ...
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... presents to the wrong man and consequently Curi- dach , the real head of the confederacy , having received only the second gift , called in the aid of Attila to avenge the insult and beat down the power of his associated kings . The Hun ...
... presents to the wrong man and consequently Curi- dach , the real head of the confederacy , having received only the second gift , called in the aid of Attila to avenge the insult and beat down the power of his associated kings . The Hun ...
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... present mode of life decidedly preferable to my past . For when war is over , the people of this country live like gentlemen , enjoying themselves to the full , and free from worry of any kind . But the people in Roman - land are easily ...
... present mode of life decidedly preferable to my past . For when war is over , the people of this country live like gentlemen , enjoying themselves to the full , and free from worry of any kind . But the people in Roman - land are easily ...
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... present , " said he , " Attila condescends to take gold from the Romans and call it pay for his titular office of Gen- eral in the Roman armies . But should he subdue the Parthians , and Medes , and Persians , he would not endure to ...
... present , " said he , " Attila condescends to take gold from the Romans and call it pay for his titular office of Gen- eral in the Roman armies . But should he subdue the Parthians , and Medes , and Persians , he would not endure to ...
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... present to Aetius . He had now come back again , apparently to beg to have his wife restored to him , a prayer which Attila was not inclined to grant . This strange being came into the banquet - hall , and by his grotesque appearance ...
... present to Aetius . He had now come back again , apparently to beg to have his wife restored to him , a prayer which Attila was not inclined to grant . This strange being came into the banquet - hall , and by his grotesque appearance ...
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