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... and that there is no creature so much below another but that he may have it in his power to return a good office . THE FROG AND THE OX An Ox , grazing in a swampy meadow , chanced to set his foot among a parcel of young ...
... and that there is no creature so much below another but that he may have it in his power to return a good office . THE FROG AND THE OX An Ox , grazing in a swampy meadow , chanced to set his foot among a parcel of young ...
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Some said this , and some said that ; but at last a young Mouse got up and said he had a proposal to make , which he thought would meet the case . " You will agree , " said he , " that our chief danger consists in the sly and ...
Some said this , and some said that ; but at last a young Mouse got up and said he had a proposal to make , which he thought would meet the case . " You will agree , " said he , " that our chief danger consists in the sly and ...
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At last the father said : “ We feel highly honored by your Majesty's proposal , but you see our daughter is a tender young thing , and we fear that in the vehemence of your affection you might possibly do her some injury .
At last the father said : “ We feel highly honored by your Majesty's proposal , but you see our daughter is a tender young thing , and we fear that in the vehemence of your affection you might possibly do her some injury .
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But when he came again to the parents of the young girl they simply laughed in his face , and bade him do his worst . Love can tame the wildest . THE LION , THE FOX , AND THE BEASTS THE Lion once gave out that he was sick unto death ...
But when he came again to the parents of the young girl they simply laughed in his face , and bade him do his worst . Love can tame the wildest . THE LION , THE FOX , AND THE BEASTS THE Lion once gave out that he was sick unto death ...
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“ 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 ĘSOP 33.
“ 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 ĘSOP 33.
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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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