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When I see kings lying by those who deposed them , when I consider rival wits placed side by side , or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes , I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little ...
When I see kings lying by those who deposed them , when I consider rival wits placed side by side , or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes , I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little ...
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There is a most crying dullness on both 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 .
There is a most crying dullness on both 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 .
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lands upon their heads , passing among the trees , lying down by the sides of fountains , or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing - birds , falling waters , human voices , and musical instruments .
lands upon their heads , passing among the trees , lying down by the sides of fountains , or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing - birds , falling waters , human voices , and musical instruments .
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When I told them so , They would not deign to contemplate the truth On all 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 .
When I told them so , They would not deign to contemplate the truth On all 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 .
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“ Child , " said the mother , " you are walking very ungracefully ; you should accustom yourself to walking straight forward without twisting from side to side . " “ Pray , mother , " said the young one , “ do but set the example ...
“ Child , " said the mother , " you are walking very ungracefully ; you should accustom yourself to walking straight forward without twisting from side to side . " “ Pray , mother , " said the young one , “ do but set the example ...
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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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