The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, Volume 9G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 - Literature |
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... eyes . And when he saw folk he made great sorrow , and said : Why have ye awaked me , for I was more at ease than I am now . O Jesu Christ , who might be so blessed that might see openly thy great marvels of secretness there where no ...
... eyes . And when he saw folk he made great sorrow , and said : Why have ye awaked me , for I was more at ease than I am now . O Jesu Christ , who might be so blessed that might see openly thy great marvels of secretness there where no ...
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... eyes ; he then folded it up , saying , " Are you content now ? " and tak- ing off his spectacles with one hand , handed the paper to Tonio with the other , and looked up . Tonio , extending his right hand to receive it , retired on one ...
... eyes ; he then folded it up , saying , " Are you content now ? " and tak- ing off his spectacles with one hand , handed the paper to Tonio with the other , and looked up . Tonio , extending his right hand to receive it , retired on one ...
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... base of the promontory , looked like a savage standing in the dark , and meditating some evil deed , while keeping guard over a company of reclining sleepers . Lucia saw it and shuddered ; then drawing her eye MANZONI 4I.
... base of the promontory , looked like a savage standing in the dark , and meditating some evil deed , while keeping guard over a company of reclining sleepers . Lucia saw it and shuddered ; then drawing her eye MANZONI 4I.
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... eye along the declivity till she reached her native village , she fixed her gaze on its extremity , sought for her own cottage , traced out the thick head of the fig - tree which towered above the wall of the court- yard , discovered ...
... eye along the declivity till she reached her native village , she fixed her gaze on its extremity , sought for her own cottage , traced out the thick head of the fig - tree which towered above the wall of the court- yard , discovered ...
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... eye , striving incessantly to detect the tricks of the man and the defect in the beast . The women , having placed ... eyes and scarlet combs . They listened to offers , adhered to their prices , short of speech and impassive of face ...
... eye , striving incessantly to detect the tricks of the man and the defect in the beast . The women , having placed ... eyes and scarlet combs . They listened to offers , adhered to their prices , short of speech and impassive of face ...
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