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Xenophon , in the life of his imaginary prince , whom he describes as a pattern for real ones , is always celebrating the philanthropy or good nature of his hero , which he tells us he brought into the world with him , and gives many ...
Xenophon , in the life of his imaginary prince , whom he describes as a pattern for real ones , is always celebrating the philanthropy or good nature of his hero , which he tells us he brought into the world with him , and gives many ...
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... and some in haste With opposite oaths that they would have no Zeus To rule the gods forever , — I , who brought The counsel I thought meetest , could not move The Titans , children of the Heaven and Earth , 24 SCHYLUS.
... and some in haste With opposite oaths that they would have no Zeus To rule the gods forever , — I , who brought The counsel I thought meetest , could not move The Titans , children of the Heaven and Earth , 24 SCHYLUS.
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... lake basins , inland seas , such are some of the phenomena which , disconnected as they seem at first glance , have nevertheless been brought under certain principles , and explained according to definite physical laws .
... lake basins , inland seas , such are some of the phenomena which , disconnected as they seem at first glance , have nevertheless been brought under certain principles , and explained according to definite physical laws .
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When we compare the present state of our knowledge of geological phenomena with that which prevailed fifty years ago , it seems difficult to believe that so great and important a change can have been brought about in so short a time .
When we compare the present state of our knowledge of geological phenomena with that which prevailed fifty years ago , it seems difficult to believe that so great and important a change can have been brought about in so short a time .
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Four years had elapsed , when a letter , covered with outlandish postmarks , was brought to the young priest — a , letter from Anglice . She was dying - would he forgive her ? Emile , the year previous , had fallen a victim to the fever ...
Four years had elapsed , when a letter , covered with outlandish postmarks , was brought to the young priest — a , letter from Anglice . She was dying - would he forgive her ? Emile , the year previous , had fallen a victim to the fever ...
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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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