The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, Volume 1G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 - Anthologies |
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Page 22
... 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 in- stead of the rolling tide , the arched bridge , and ...
... 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 in- stead of the rolling tide , the arched bridge , and ...
Page 30
... answered the Tor- toise . " 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 Tortoise , lay down to have a nap . The Tor ...
... answered the Tor- toise . " 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 Tortoise , lay down to have a nap . The Tor ...
Page 96
... answer Would he await . The water - flood took The mighty warrior : then was a day's space Ere the bottom - plain he might perceive . Soon that discovered she who the flood's realm , Eager for blood , for fifty years held , Grim and ...
... answer Would he await . The water - flood took The mighty warrior : then was a day's space Ere the bottom - plain he might perceive . Soon that discovered she who the flood's realm , Eager for blood , for fifty years held , Grim and ...
Page 102
... 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 . Look not for a son - in- law of mortal birth ; but for that evil serpent - thing , by reason of whom ...
... 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 . Look not for a son - in- law of mortal birth ; but for that evil serpent - thing , by reason of whom ...
Page 104
... 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 the bridegroom had fled away again with the night . And all that ...
... 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 the bridegroom had fled away again with the night . And all that ...
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