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Page 18
This may be one reason why a great many pleasant companions appear so surprisingly dull when they have endeavored to be merry in print , the public being more just than private clubs or assemblies , in distinguishing between what is wit ...
This may be one reason why a great many pleasant companions appear so surprisingly dull when they have endeavored to be merry in print , the public being more just than private clubs or assemblies , in distinguishing between what is wit ...
Page 22
Does life appear miserable , that gives thee opportunities of earning such a reward ? Is death to be feared , that will convey thee to so happy an existence ? Think not man was made in vain , who has such an eternity reserved for him .
Does life appear miserable , that gives thee opportunities of earning such a reward ? Is death to be feared , that will convey thee to so happy an existence ? Think not man was made in vain , who has such an eternity reserved for him .
Page 51
If it should appear tame to the reader , it will be because I am not habited in a black ribbedsilk dress , with a strip of point - lace around my throat , like Miss Blondeau ; it will be because I lack her eyes and lips and Southern ...
If it should appear tame to the reader , it will be because I am not habited in a black ribbedsilk dress , with a strip of point - lace around my throat , like Miss Blondeau ; it will be because I lack her eyes and lips and Southern ...
Page 86
The Lamp was in great fear about the morrow , for it knew that it was to appear in the council - house , and to be inspected by the mayor and the council , to see if it were fit for further service or not .
The Lamp was in great fear about the morrow , for it knew that it was to appear in the council - house , and to be inspected by the mayor and the council , to see if it were fit for further service or not .
Page 92
It felt as much alarmed as on that day when it was to appear in the council - house to be inspected by the mayor and council . But though the power had been given to it to fall into rust and dust at will , it did not use this power .
It felt as much alarmed as on that day when it was to appear in the council - house to be inspected by the mayor and council . But though the power had been given to it to fall into rust and dust at will , it did not use this power .
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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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