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Page 51
In the summer of 1861 , while New Orleans was yet occupied by the Confederate forces , I met at Alexandria , in Virginia , a lady from Louisiana Miss Blondeau by name me the substance of the following legend touching Père Antoine and ...
In the summer of 1861 , while New Orleans was yet occupied by the Confederate forces , I met at Alexandria , in Virginia , a lady from Louisiana Miss Blondeau by name me the substance of the following legend touching Père Antoine and ...
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And there it stands in the narrow , dingy street , a beautiful , dreamy stranger , an exquisite foreign lady whose grace is a joy to the eye , the incense of whose breath makes the air enamored . May the hand wither that touches her ...
And there it stands in the narrow , dingy street , a beautiful , dreamy stranger , an exquisite foreign lady whose grace is a joy to the eye , the incense of whose breath makes the air enamored . May the hand wither that touches her ...
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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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... if the little lady only sat here with me in the boat , it might be twice as ANDERSEN 75.
... if the little lady only sat here with me in the boat , it might be twice as ANDERSEN 75.
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He looked at the little lady , she looked at him , and he felt that he was melting ; but he still stood firm , shouldering his musket . Then suddenly the door flew open , and the draught of air caught the dancer , and she flew like a ...
He looked at the little lady , she looked at him , and he felt that he was melting ; but he still stood firm , shouldering his musket . Then suddenly the door flew open , and the draught of air caught the dancer , and she flew like a ...
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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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