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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... give a friend seven inhabited towns as a gift , while they only retained the religious preeminence of their pedigree , the kings of Mace- donia had preserved all their ancient privileges . Grote thinks them the best representatives of ...
... give a friend seven inhabited towns as a gift , while they only retained the religious preeminence of their pedigree , the kings of Mace- donia had preserved all their ancient privileges . Grote thinks them the best representatives of ...
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... give up his social evenings , at which he drank freely ; and above all he so delighted in hunting that he felt no interest in athletic meetings . When he got into the preserves of Darius he fought the lion and the bear , and incurred ...
... give up his social evenings , at which he drank freely ; and above all he so delighted in hunting that he felt no interest in athletic meetings . When he got into the preserves of Darius he fought the lion and the bear , and incurred ...
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... give Alexander credit for more judgment than his critics . No doubt the Persian dress was far better suited to the climate than the Macedonian . No doubt he felt that a handful of Macedonians could never hold a vast empire without ...
... give Alexander credit for more judgment than his critics . No doubt the Persian dress was far better suited to the climate than the Macedonian . No doubt he felt that a handful of Macedonians could never hold a vast empire without ...
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... give me a gift when I ask it you , ye shall have it . By my faith , said Arthur , I will give you what gift ye will ask . Well ! said the damosel , go ye into yonder barge , and row yourself to the sword , and take it and the scabbard ...
... give me a gift when I ask it you , ye shall have it . By my faith , said Arthur , I will give you what gift ye will ask . Well ! said the damosel , go ye into yonder barge , and row yourself to the sword , and take it and the scabbard ...
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... give him your sister to wed . When I see him , I will do as ye advise me , said Arthur . Then Sir Arthur looked on the sword , and liked it passing well . Whether liketh you better , said Merlin , the sword or the scabbard ? Me liketh ...
... give him your sister to wed . When I see him , I will do as ye advise me , said Arthur . Then Sir Arthur looked on the sword , and liked it passing well . Whether liketh you better , said Merlin , the sword or the scabbard ? Me liketh ...
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