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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... desire more , to own , —and hence to read with pleasure and advan- tage at any moment when they wish to do so , a goodly portion of the best that men have ever thought and written . It is not meant to be a substitute for all the ...
... desire more , to own , —and hence to read with pleasure and advan- tage at any moment when they wish to do so , a goodly portion of the best that men have ever thought and written . It is not meant to be a substitute for all the ...
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... desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone , my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves , I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow . When I ...
... desire goes out ; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone , my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves , I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow . When I ...
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... desire except myself . I dared it ! I drew mortals back to light , From meditated ruin deep as hell ! For which wrong , I am bent down in these pangs Dreadful to suffer , mournful to behold , And I , who pitied man , am thought myself ...
... desire except myself . I dared it ! I drew mortals back to light , From meditated ruin deep as hell ! For which wrong , I am bent down in these pangs Dreadful to suffer , mournful to behold , And I , who pitied man , am thought myself ...
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... desire to swim , and to let the water close above her head ? ” " You don't understand me , " said the Duckling . " We don't understand you ? Then pray who is to understand you ? You surely don't pretend to be cleverer than the Tom Cat ...
... desire to swim , and to let the water close above her head ? ” " You don't understand me , " said the Duckling . " We don't understand you ? Then pray who is to understand you ? You surely don't pretend to be cleverer than the Tom Cat ...
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... desire — one on which wax lights were to be burned . It had received the form of an angel holding a great nosegay ; and the wax light was to be placed in the middle of the nose- gay . The candlestick had a place assigned to it on a ...
... desire — one on which wax lights were to be burned . It had received the form of an angel holding a great nosegay ; and the wax light was to be placed in the middle of the nose- gay . The candlestick had a place assigned to it on a ...
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