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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... side by side , or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes , I reflect with sorrow and as- tonishment on the little competitions , factions , and debates of mankind . When I read the several dates of the ...
... side by side , or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes , I reflect with sorrow and as- tonishment on the little competitions , factions , and debates of mankind . When I read the several dates of the ...
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... sides . I have seen tory acrostics and whig anagrams , and do not quarrel with either of them because they are whigs or tories , but because they are anagrams and acrostics . But to return to punning . Having pursued the history of a ...
... sides . I have seen tory acrostics and whig anagrams , and do not quarrel with either of them because they are whigs or tories , but because they are anagrams and acrostics . But to return to punning . Having pursued the history of a ...
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... sides of fountains , or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing - birds , falling ... side of the rock of adamant . ' The genius making me no answer , I turned me about to address myself to him a second ...
... sides of fountains , or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing - birds , falling ... side of the rock of adamant . ' The genius making me no answer , I turned me about to address myself to him a second ...
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... sides round ; whereat I deemed it best To lead my willing mother upwardly And set my Themis face to face with Zeus As willing to receive her . Tartarus , With its abysmal cloister of the Dark , Because I gave that counsel , covers up ...
... sides round ; whereat I deemed it best To lead my willing mother upwardly And set my Themis face to face with Zeus As willing to receive her . Tartarus , With its abysmal cloister of the Dark , Because I gave that counsel , covers up ...
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... side to side . " " Pray , mother , " said the young one , " do but set the example yourself , and I will follow you . " Example is the best precept . JEAN LOUIS RODOLPHE AGASSIZ JEAN LOUIS RUDOLPHE AGASSIZ . Born L - 3 ÆSOP 33 THE FOX ...
... side to side . " " Pray , mother , " said the young one , " do but set the example yourself , and I will follow you . " Example is the best precept . JEAN LOUIS RODOLPHE AGASSIZ JEAN LOUIS RUDOLPHE AGASSIZ . Born L - 3 ÆSOP 33 THE FOX ...
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