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Whilst I was thus musing , I cast my eyes toward the summit of a rock that was not far from me , where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd , with a musical instrument in his hand . As I looked upon him he applied it to his lips ...
Whilst I was thus musing , I cast my eyes toward the summit of a rock that was not far from me , where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd , with a musical instrument in his hand . As I looked upon him he applied it to his lips ...
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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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For which wrong , I am bent down in these pangs Dreadful to suffer , mournful to behold , And I , who pitied man , am thought myself Unworthy of pity ; while I render out Deep rhythms of anguish ' neath the harping hand That strikes me ...
For which wrong , I am bent down in these pangs Dreadful to suffer , mournful to behold , And I , who pitied man , am thought myself Unworthy of pity ; while I render out Deep rhythms of anguish ' neath the harping hand That strikes me ...
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He pulled out the thorn and bound up the paw of the Lion , who was soon able to rise and lick the hand of Androcles like a dog . Then the Lion took Androcles to his cave , and every day used to bring him meat from which to live .
He pulled out the thorn and bound up the paw of the Lion , who was soon able to rise and lick the hand of Androcles like a dog . Then the Lion took Androcles to his cave , and every day used to bring him meat from which to live .
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fiery power hidden within it as does clay in the hands of the sculptor . We have seen that an equal vertical pressure from below produces a regular dome , - or that , if the dome be broken through , , a granite crest is formed ...
fiery power hidden within it as does clay in the hands of the sculptor . We have seen that an equal vertical pressure from below produces a regular dome , - or that , if the dome be broken through , , a granite crest is formed ...
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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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