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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... better than the man of humanity , as a person who makes use of indirect methods is more likely to grow rich than the fair trader . VISION OF MIRZA Omnem , quae nunc obducta tuenti Mortales hebetat visus tibi , et humida circum Caligat ...
... better than the man of humanity , as a person who makes use of indirect methods is more likely to grow rich than the fair trader . VISION OF MIRZA Omnem , quae nunc obducta tuenti Mortales hebetat visus tibi , et humida circum Caligat ...
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... better order , and make them lead honester lives . Jupiter , knowing the vanity of their hearts , smiled at their request , and threw down a Log into the lake , which by the splash and com- motion it made , sent the whole commonwealth ...
... better order , and make them lead honester lives . Jupiter , knowing the vanity of their hearts , smiled at their request , and threw down a Log into the lake , which by the splash and com- motion it made , sent the whole commonwealth ...
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... better than go back to the other Jays , who had watched his behavior from a distance ; but they were equally annoyed with him , and told him : - " It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds . " THE TWO CRABS ONE fine day two ...
... better than go back to the other Jays , who had watched his behavior from a distance ; but they were equally annoyed with him , and told him : - " It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds . " THE TWO CRABS ONE fine day two ...
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... better understood , much as our present geographical maps , the result of repeated surveys and of the most accurate measure- ments , compare with those of the ancients . Homer's world was a flat expanse , surrounded by ocean , of which ...
... better understood , much as our present geographical maps , the result of repeated surveys and of the most accurate measure- ments , compare with those of the ancients . Homer's world was a flat expanse , surrounded by ocean , of which ...
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... better . I have been able to take my usual walk on the Treille ; all the buds were opening and the young shoots were green on all the branches . The rippling of clear water , the merriment of birds , the young freshness of plants , and ...
... better . I have been able to take my usual walk on the Treille ; all the buds were opening and the young shoots were green on all the branches . The rippling of clear water , the merriment of birds , the young freshness of plants , and ...
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