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... are deathless in their psychic power ; imperishable , while the men and women molded by them tread our globe ; immortal also in that brighter realm , to which our tiny planet is the anteroom , and death the curtained door .
... are deathless in their psychic power ; imperishable , while the men and women molded by them tread our globe ; immortal also in that brighter realm , to which our tiny planet is the anteroom , and death the curtained door .
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... and upon further examination perceived there were innumerable trap - doors that lay concealed in the bridge , which the passengers no sooner trod upon , but they fell through them into the tide , and immediately disappeared .
... and upon further examination perceived there were innumerable trap - doors that lay concealed in the bridge , which the passengers no sooner trod upon , but they fell through them into the tide , and immediately disappeared .
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In this confusion of objects , I observed some with scymitars in their hands , who ran to and fro from the bridge , thrusting several persons on trap - doors which did not seem to lie in their way , and which they might have escaped had ...
In this confusion of objects , I observed some with scymitars in their hands , who ran to and fro from the bridge , thrusting several persons on trap - doors which did not seem to lie in their way , and which they might have escaped had ...
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Again he watched His loved syringa whitening by the door , And knew the catbird's welcome ; in his walks Smiled on his tawny kinsmen of the elms Stealing his nuts ; and in the ruined year Sat at his widowed hearthside with bent brows ...
Again he watched His loved syringa whitening by the door , And knew the catbird's welcome ; in his walks Smiled on his tawny kinsmen of the elms Stealing his nuts ; and in the ruined year Sat at his widowed hearthside with bent brows ...
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This was all very pretty ; but the prettiest of all was a little lady , who stood at the open door of the castle ; she was also cut out in paper , but she had a dress of the clearest gauze , and a little narrow blue ribbon over her ...
This was all very pretty ; but the prettiest of all was a little lady , who stood at the open door of the castle ; she was also cut out in paper , but she had a dress of the clearest gauze , and a little narrow blue ribbon over her ...
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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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