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They put me in mind of several persons mentioned in the battles of heroic poems , who have sounding names given them , for no other reason but that they may be killed , and are celebrated for nothing but being knocked on the head .
They put me in mind of several persons mentioned in the battles of heroic poems , who have sounding names given them , for no other reason but that they may be killed , and are celebrated for nothing but being knocked on the head .
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... covered with fruits and flowers , and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among a them . I could see persons dressed in glorious habits with garlands upon their heads , passing among the trees , lying ADDISON 21.
... covered with fruits and flowers , and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among a them . I could see persons dressed in glorious habits with garlands upon their heads , passing among the trees , lying ADDISON 21.
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lands upon their heads , passing among the trees , lying down by the sides of fountains , or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing - birds , falling waters , human voices , and musical instruments .
lands upon their heads , passing among the trees , lying down by the sides of fountains , or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing - birds , falling waters , human voices , and musical instruments .
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THE WOLF AND THE LAMB As a Wolf was lapping at the head of a running brook , he spied a stray Lamb paddling , at some distance , down the stream . Having made up his mind to seize her , he bethought himself how he might justify his ...
THE WOLF AND THE LAMB As a Wolf was lapping at the head of a running brook , he spied a stray Lamb paddling , at some distance , down the stream . Having made up his mind to seize her , he bethought himself how he might justify his ...
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At length one Frog bolder than the rest ventured to pop his head above the water , and take a survey of their new King at a respectful distance . Presently , when they perceived the Log lie stock - still , others began to swim up to it ...
At length one Frog bolder than the rest ventured to pop his head above the water , and take a survey of their new King at a respectful distance . Presently , when they perceived the Log lie stock - still , others began to swim up to it ...
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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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