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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... hand . As I looked upon him he applied it to his lips , and began to play upon it . The sound of it was exceeding sweet , and wrought into a variety of tunes that were inexpressibly melodious , and altogether dif- ferent from anything I ...
... hand . As I looked upon him he applied it to his lips , and began to play upon it . The sound of it was exceeding sweet , and wrought into a variety of tunes that were inexpressibly melodious , and altogether dif- ferent from anything I ...
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... 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 they not been thus forced upon them . " The genius seeing me indulge ...
... 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 they not been thus forced upon them . " The genius seeing me indulge ...
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... , am thought myself Unworthy of pity ; while I render out Deep rhythms of anguish ' neath the harping hand That strikes me thus a sight to shame your Zeus ! ÆSOP Æsop , the most renowned of fabulists . Born ÆSCHYLUS 25.
... , am thought myself Unworthy of pity ; while I render out Deep rhythms of anguish ' neath the harping hand That strikes me thus a sight to shame your Zeus ! ÆSOP Æsop , the most renowned of fabulists . Born ÆSCHYLUS 25.
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... hand of Androcles like a dog . Then the Lion took Androcles to his cave , and every day used to bring him meat from ... hands like a friendly dog . The Emperor , surprised at this , summoned Androcles to him , who told him the whole ...
... hand of Androcles like a dog . Then the Lion took Androcles to his cave , and every day used to bring him meat from ... hands like a friendly dog . The Emperor , surprised at this , summoned Androcles to him , who told him the whole ...
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... hands of the sculptor . --- We have seen that an equal vertical pressure from below pro- duces a regular dome , or that , if the dome be broken through , a granite crest is formed , with stratified materials resting against its slopes ...
... hands of the sculptor . --- We have seen that an equal vertical pressure from below pro- duces a regular dome , or that , if the dome be broken through , a granite crest is formed , with stratified materials resting against its slopes ...
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