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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... followed shortly , saved Casander from a worse fate . Thus the distinction pointed out by Niebuhr would lead Alexander to prefer the orientals , whom he had conquered , and who were his absolute property , to the Macedonians , who were ...
... followed shortly , saved Casander from a worse fate . Thus the distinction pointed out by Niebuhr would lead Alexander to prefer the orientals , whom he had conquered , and who were his absolute property , to the Macedonians , who were ...
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... followed his chief , and who was accordingly rewarded by his special favor . Yet if we remember Greek prejudices , and how trivial a fraction of the empire the Greeks were in popu- lation , we may fairly give Alexander credit for more ...
... followed his chief , and who was accordingly rewarded by his special favor . Yet if we remember Greek prejudices , and how trivial a fraction of the empire the Greeks were in popu- lation , we may fairly give Alexander credit for more ...
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... followed him . And when she saw that he turned not again , she began to cry as a thing that had much sorrow , and then she returned to her cave ; and anon the knight died . And from that time to this might no knight see her , but he ...
... followed him . And when she saw that he turned not again , she began to cry as a thing that had much sorrow , and then she returned to her cave ; and anon the knight died . And from that time to this might no knight see her , but he ...
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... followed . When they had turned the corner , and reached a spot whence they could no longer see what happened before Don Abbondio's house , Agnese coughed loudly . This was the signal ; Renzo heard it , and reanimating Lucia by pressing ...
... followed . When they had turned the corner , and reached a spot whence they could no longer see what happened before Don Abbondio's house , Agnese coughed loudly . This was the signal ; Renzo heard it , and reanimating Lucia by pressing ...
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... followed his example . After praying a few moments in silence with a low but distinct voice , he pronounced these words : " We beseech Thee , also , for the unhappy person who brought us to this state . We should be unworthy of Thy ...
... followed his example . After praying a few moments in silence with a low but distinct voice , he pronounced these words : " We beseech Thee , also , for the unhappy person who brought us to this state . We should be unworthy of Thy ...
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