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Most of them recorded nothing else of the buried person , but that he was born upon one day , and died upon another ... upon the departed persons ; who had left no other memorial of them , but that they were born , and that they died .
Most of them recorded nothing else of the buried person , but that he was born upon one day , and died upon another ... upon the departed persons ; who had left no other memorial of them , but that they were born , and that they died .
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were covered with such extravagant epitaphs , that if it were possible for the dead person to be acquainted with ... to the memory of persons whose bodies were perhaps buried in the plains of Blenheim , or in the bosom of the ocean .
were covered with such extravagant epitaphs , that if it were possible for the dead person to be acquainted with ... to the memory of persons whose bodies were perhaps buried in the plains of Blenheim , or in the bosom of the ocean .
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It is no wonder , therefore , he succeeds in it better than the man of humanity , as a person who makes use of indirect methods is more likely to grow rich than the fair trader . VISION OF MIRZA Omnem , quae nunc obducta tuenti Mortales ...
It is no wonder , therefore , he succeeds in it better than the man of humanity , as a person who makes use of indirect methods is more likely to grow rich than the fair trader . VISION OF MIRZA Omnem , quae nunc obducta tuenti Mortales ...
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“ There were indeed some persons , but their number was very small , that continued a kind of hobbling march on the broken arches , but fell through one after another , being quite tired and spent with so long a walk .
“ There were indeed some persons , but their number was very small , that continued a kind of hobbling march on the broken arches , but fell through one after another , being quite tired and spent with so long a walk .
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In this confusion of objects , I 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 ...
In this confusion of objects , I 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 ...
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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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