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
... once in a twelvemonth . In the poetical quarter I found there were poets who had no monuments , and monuments which had no poets . I observed , indeed , that the present war had filled the church with many of these unin- habited ...
... once in a twelvemonth . In the poetical quarter I found there were poets who had no monuments , and monuments which had no poets . I observed , indeed , that the present war had filled the church with many of these unin- habited ...
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... once , that he had been in company with a gentleman whom he looked upon to be the greatest paragramma- tist among the moderns . Upon inquiry , I found my learned friend had dined that day with Mr. Swan , the famous punster ; and ...
... once , that he had been in company with a gentleman whom he looked upon to be the greatest paragramma- tist among the moderns . Upon inquiry , I found my learned friend had dined that day with Mr. Swan , the famous punster ; and ...
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... once settled , it was very natural for all men of sense to agree in it . As for the revival of this false wit , it happened about the time of the revival of letters ; but as soon as it was once detected , it immediately van- ished and ...
... once settled , it was very natural for all men of sense to agree in it . As for the revival of this false wit , it happened about the time of the revival of letters ; but as soon as it was once detected , it immediately van- ished and ...
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... once dispelled all the fears and apprehensions with which I approached him . He lifted me from the ground , and taking me by the hand , ' Mirza , ' said he , ' I have heard thee in thy soliloquies ; follow me . ' " He then led me to the ...
... once dispelled all the fears and apprehensions with which I approached him . He lifted me from the ground , and taking me by the hand , ' Mirza , ' said he , ' I have heard thee in thy soliloquies ; follow me . ' " He then led me to the ...
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... once more ; but Jupiter replied , that they were only suffering the punishment due to their folly , and that another time they would learn to let well alone , and not be dissatisfied with their natural condition . THE FOX AND THE STORK ...
... once more ; but Jupiter replied , that they were only suffering the punishment due to their folly , and that another time they would learn to let well alone , and not be dissatisfied with their natural condition . THE FOX AND THE STORK ...
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