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Page 22
The genius making me no answer , I turned me about to address myself to him a second time , but I found that he had left me ; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating ; but instead of the rolling tide ...
The genius making me no answer , I turned me about to address myself to him a second time , but I found that he had left me ; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating ; but instead of the rolling tide ...
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“ Keep your boasting till you've beaten , ” answered the Tortoise . “ Shall we race ? ” So a course was fixed and a start was made . The Hare darted almost out of sight at once , but soon stopped and , to show his contempt for the ...
“ Keep your boasting till you've beaten , ” answered the Tortoise . “ Shall we race ? ” So a course was fixed and a start was made . The Hare darted almost out of sight at once , but soon stopped and , to show his contempt for the ...
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After these words the prince of the Weder - Geats Hastened with valor , not for an answer Would he await . The water - flood took The mighty warrior : then was a day's space Ere the bottom - plain he might perceive .
After these words the prince of the Weder - Geats Hastened with valor , not for an answer Would he await . The water - flood took The mighty warrior : then was a day's space Ere the bottom - plain he might perceive .
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And the king , supposing that the gods were angry , inquired of the oracle of Apollo , and Apollo answered him thus : “ Let the damsel be placed on the top of a certain mountain , adorned as for the bed of marriage and of death .
And the king , supposing that the gods were angry , inquired of the oracle of Apollo , and Apollo answered him thus : “ Let the damsel be placed on the top of a certain mountain , adorned as for the bed of marriage and of death .
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But if by chance their cries reach thee , answer not , neither look forth at all , lest thou bring sorrow upon me and destruction upon thyself . ” Then Psyche promised that she would do according to his will .
But if by chance their cries reach thee , answer not , neither look forth at all , lest thou bring sorrow upon me and destruction upon thyself . ” Then Psyche promised that she would do according to his will .
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| Title | The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Greatest Writers Volume 1 of The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, John Lawson Stoddard |
| Author | John Lawson Stoddard |
| Compiled by | John Lawson Stoddard |
| Publisher | G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 |
| Original from | University of Chicago |
| Digitized | 7 May 2015 |
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