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Beautiful thoughts are worthy of artistic presentation . They certainly lose nothing of their strength and value , when appropriately framed . The illustrations , to whose preparation in soft , pleasing colors great attention has been ...
Beautiful thoughts are worthy of artistic presentation . They certainly lose nothing of their strength and value , when appropriately framed . The illustrations , to whose preparation in soft , pleasing colors great attention has been ...
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The monuments of their admirals , which have been erected at the public expense , represent them like themselves , and are adorned with rostral crowns and naval ornaments , with beautiful festoons of seaweed , shells , and coral .
The monuments of their admirals , which have been erected at the public expense , represent them like themselves , and are adorned with rostral crowns and naval ornaments , with beautiful festoons of seaweed , shells , and coral .
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When I look upon the tombs of the great , every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful , every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone , my heart melts with ...
When I look upon the tombs of the great , every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful , every inordinate desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone , my heart melts with ...
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On the contrary , one may represent true wit by the description which Aristenetus makes of a fine woman ; when she is dressed she is beautiful , when she is undressed she is beautiful ; or as Mercerus has translated it more emphatically ...
On the contrary , one may represent true wit by the description which Aristenetus makes of a fine woman ; when she is dressed she is beautiful , when she is undressed she is beautiful ; or as Mercerus has translated it more emphatically ...
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In that celebrated passage of Sallust , where Cæsar and Cato are placed in such beautiful but opposite lights , Cæsar's character is chiefly made up of good nature , as it showed itself ...
In that celebrated passage of Sallust , where Cæsar and Cato are placed in such beautiful but opposite lights , Cæsar's character is chiefly made up of good nature , as it showed itself ...
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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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