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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... whole more instructive than the detailed chronicle of Arrian . From both we draw much that is doubtful and even fabulous , but much also which is certain and of unparalleled interest , as giving us a picture of the most extraordinary ...
... whole more instructive than the detailed chronicle of Arrian . From both we draw much that is doubtful and even fabulous , but much also which is certain and of unparalleled interest , as giving us a picture of the most extraordinary ...
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... whole chamber full of frankincense and myrrh , and then passed out into a lofty dining tent with splendid hangings , and with the appointments of an oriental feast , he exclaimed to his staff : " Well , this is something like royalty ...
... whole chamber full of frankincense and myrrh , and then passed out into a lofty dining tent with splendid hangings , and with the appointments of an oriental feast , he exclaimed to his staff : " Well , this is something like royalty ...
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... whole of body , thanked be Our Lord ; therefore , sirs , for God's love tell me where I am . Then said they all that he was in the castle of Carbonek . There- with came a gentlewoman and brought him a shirt of small linen cloth , but he ...
... whole of body , thanked be Our Lord ; therefore , sirs , for God's love tell me where I am . Then said they all that he was in the castle of Carbonek . There- with came a gentlewoman and brought him a shirt of small linen cloth , but he ...
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... it was market - day . The men walked at an easy gait , the whole body thrown for- ward with every movement of their long crooked legs , misshapen by hard work , by the bearing down on the 54 MAUPASSANT GUY DE MAUPASSANT ...
... it was market - day . The men walked at an easy gait , the whole body thrown for- ward with every movement of their long crooked legs , misshapen by hard work , by the bearing down on the 54 MAUPASSANT GUY DE MAUPASSANT ...
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... say 99 To no purpose did he protest ; he was not believed . He was confronted with Monsieur Malandain , who repeated and maintained his declaration . They insulted each other for a whole hour . At his own request , Master 58 MAUPASSANT.
... say 99 To no purpose did he protest ; he was not believed . He was confronted with Monsieur Malandain , who repeated and maintained his declaration . They insulted each other for a whole hour . At his own request , Master 58 MAUPASSANT.
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