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 20
... of mirth and jollity , and catching at everything that stood by them to save themselves . Some were looking up towards the heavens in a thoughtful posture , and in the midst of a speculation stumbled and fell out of 20 ADDISON.
... of mirth and jollity , and catching at everything that stood by them to save themselves . Some were looking up towards the heavens in a thoughtful posture , and in the midst of a speculation stumbled and fell out of 20 ADDISON.
Page 48
... stood for a moment absorbed in silent contemplation of the grandeur of the scene , then lifted his hat and bowed rever- ently before the mountains . Next to Von Buch , no man has done more for modern geology than Elie de Beaumont , the ...
... stood for a moment absorbed in silent contemplation of the grandeur of the scene , then lifted his hat and bowed rever- ently before the mountains . Next to Von Buch , no man has done more for modern geology than Elie de Beaumont , the ...
Page 55
... stood in an isolated garden ; for pretentious brick and stucco houses had clustered about Antoine's cottage . They looked down scowling on the humble thatched roof . The city was edging up , trying to crowd him . off his land . But he ...
... stood in an isolated garden ; for pretentious brick and stucco houses had clustered about Antoine's cottage . They looked down scowling on the humble thatched roof . The city was edging up , trying to crowd him . off his land . But he ...
Page 74
... stood as firmly upon his one leg as the others on their two ; and it was just this Soldier who became remarkable . On the table on which they had been placed stood many other playthings , but the toy that attracted most attention was a ...
... stood as firmly upon his one leg as the others on their two ; and it was just this Soldier who became remarkable . On the table on which they had been placed stood many other playthings , but the toy that attracted most attention was a ...
Page 76
... stood up to his neck in water , and the boat sank deeper and deeper , and the paper was loosened more and more ; and now the water closed over the soldier's head . Then he thought of the pretty little dancer , and how he should never ...
... stood up to his neck in water , and the boat sank deeper and deeper , and the paper was loosened more and more ; and now the water closed over the soldier's head . Then he thought of the pretty little dancer , and how he should never ...
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