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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Page 11
... observed , indeed , that the present war had filled the church with many of these unin- habited monuments , which had been erected to the memory of persons whose bodies were perhaps buried in the plains of Blen- heim , or in the bosom ...
... observed , indeed , that the present war had filled the church with many of these unin- habited monuments , which had been erected to the memory of persons whose bodies were perhaps buried in the plains of Blen- heim , or in the bosom ...
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... observation , in my opin- ion , has no foundation in nature . The greatest wits I have con- versed with are men eminent for their humanity . I take there- fore this remark to have been occasioned by two reasons . First , because ill ...
... observation , in my opin- ion , has no foundation in nature . The greatest wits I have con- versed with are men eminent for their humanity . I take there- fore this remark to have been occasioned by two reasons . First , because ill ...
Page 21
... 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 they not been thus forced upon ...
... 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 they not been thus forced upon ...
Page 33
... observed a face glaring down on him , and began to be very frightened ; but looking more closely he found it was only a Mask , such as actors use to put over their faces . " Ah , " said the Fox , " you look very fine ; it is a pity you ...
... observed a face glaring down on him , and began to be very frightened ; but looking more closely he found it was only a Mask , such as actors use to put over their faces . " Ah , " said the Fox , " you look very fine ; it is a pity you ...
Page 54
... observed it , and waited . Finally she spoke . " Near our house , " said little Anglice - " near our house , on the island , the palm trees are waving under the blue sky . Oh , how beautiful ! I seem to lie beneath them all day long . I ...
... observed it , and waited . Finally she spoke . " Near our house , " said little Anglice - " near our house , on the island , the palm trees are waving under the blue sky . Oh , how beautiful ! I seem to lie beneath them all day long . I ...
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