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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... sought to seize the salient points of interest in every land and city visited , and to describe them , or at least allude to them , suggestively . Opening the - portals leading to the famous shrines of nature , art 4 PREFACE.
... sought to seize the salient points of interest in every land and city visited , and to describe them , or at least allude to them , suggestively . Opening the - portals leading to the famous shrines of nature , art 4 PREFACE.
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... nature , art , and history , his aim was to make evident that further exploration would abundantly reward the eager and appreciative pilgrim . In the same general way he has endeavored in these volumes to pre- sent what in the world of ...
... nature , art , and history , his aim was to make evident that further exploration would abundantly reward the eager and appreciative pilgrim . In the same general way he has endeavored in these volumes to pre- sent what in the world of ...
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... nature that makes kindred of us all . This he has tried to find , as the prospector seeks the vein of gold . A memorable thought connected with the preparation of a Library like this is the enormous influence which it is capable of ...
... nature that makes kindred of us all . This he has tried to find , as the prospector seeks the vein of gold . A memorable thought connected with the preparation of a Library like this is the enormous influence which it is capable of ...
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... nature , than what we meet with in those of our own country . The monuments of their admirals , which have been erected at the public expense , represent them like themselves , and are adorned with rostral crowns and naval ornaments ...
... nature , than what we meet with in those of our own country . The monuments of their admirals , which have been erected at the public expense , represent them like themselves , and are adorned with rostral crowns and naval ornaments ...
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... nature , in her deep and solemn scenes , with the same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones . By this ... natural disposition to produce . The seeds of punning are in the minds of all men ; and though they may be subdued by ...
... nature , in her deep and solemn scenes , with the same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones . By this ... natural disposition to produce . The seeds of punning are in the minds of all men ; and though they may be subdued by ...
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