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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... to weld together two continents by a new policy - this wonder was indeed likely to fascinate the world , and if his successors aped the leftward inclination of his head and the - 3 the ways of his court and the leonine sit of 1154784 ...
... to weld together two continents by a new policy - this wonder was indeed likely to fascinate the world , and if his successors aped the leftward inclination of his head and the - 3 the ways of his court and the leonine sit of 1154784 ...
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... head , but they were proud to regard themselves as his personal servants , and formed the household , which was known as the Oeрareía in Hellenistic times . Earlier kings had adopted the practice of bringing to court noble children , to ...
... head , but they were proud to regard themselves as his personal servants , and formed the household , which was known as the Oeрareía in Hellenistic times . Earlier kings had adopted the practice of bringing to court noble children , to ...
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... head against the wall , and there can be little doubt that the king's death , which followed shortly , saved Casander from a worse fate . Thus the distinction pointed out by Niebuhr would lead Alexander to prefer the orientals , whom he ...
... head against the wall , and there can be little doubt that the king's death , which followed shortly , saved Casander from a worse fate . Thus the distinction pointed out by Niebuhr would lead Alexander to prefer the orientals , whom he ...
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... head of his cavalry , and himself took part in the thickest of the fight . Hence in every battle he ran the risk of ending the campaign with his own life . It may be said that he had full confidence in his fortune , and that the king's ...
... head of his cavalry , and himself took part in the thickest of the fight . Hence in every battle he ran the risk of ending the campaign with his own life . It may be said that he had full confidence in his fortune , and that the king's ...
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... head . And then that queen said : Ah , brother , why have ye tarried so long from me ? alas , this wound on your head hath caught over - much cold . And so then they rowed from the land , and Sir Bedivere beheld all those ladies go from ...
... head . And then that queen said : Ah , brother , why have ye tarried so long from me ? alas , this wound on your head hath caught over - much cold . And so then they rowed from the land , and Sir Bedivere beheld all those ladies go from ...
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