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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... writer of modern times is so thoroughly conversant with the life , thought , and conditions of Ancient Greece , and none ... write the life and not the history of the king , is on the whole more instructive than the detailed chronicle of ...
... writer of modern times is so thoroughly conversant with the life , thought , and conditions of Ancient Greece , and none ... write the life and not the history of the king , is on the whole more instructive than the detailed chronicle of ...
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... write so well as his father ; but he learned to know and love the great poets , and to associate with men of culture and of sober manners . Every one testifies to the dignity and urbanity of his address , even if at the late carouses ...
... write so well as his father ; but he learned to know and love the great poets , and to associate with men of culture and of sober manners . Every one testifies to the dignity and urbanity of his address , even if at the late carouses ...
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... writing his " Idylls of the King . " ( From the " MORTE DARTHUR " ) HOW ARTHUR WAS CHOSEN KING , AND OF WONDERS AND MARVELS OF A SWORD TAKEN OUT OF A STONE BY THE SAID ARTHUR THEN stood the realm in great jeopardy long while , for every ...
... writing his " Idylls of the King . " ( From the " MORTE DARTHUR " ) HOW ARTHUR WAS CHOSEN KING , AND OF WONDERS AND MARVELS OF A SWORD TAKEN OUT OF A STONE BY THE SAID ARTHUR THEN stood the realm in great jeopardy long while , for every ...
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... writer of popular oriental Travels in the fourteenth century . Most of the material was , how- ever , derived from Pliny , the friar Odoric , and other writers . His stories had a decided influence in promoting the spirit of exploration ...
... writer of popular oriental Travels in the fourteenth century . Most of the material was , how- ever , derived from Pliny , the friar Odoric , and other writers . His stories had a decided influence in promoting the spirit of exploration ...
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... writing once , from life to death . . . " SO · " Well , well , " interrupted Don Abbondio ; and muttering be- tween his teeth , he drew out one of the table drawers , took thence pen , ink , and paper , and began to write , repeating ...
... writing once , from life to death . . . " SO · " Well , well , " interrupted Don Abbondio ; and muttering be- tween his teeth , he drew out one of the table drawers , took thence pen , ink , and paper , and began to write , repeating ...
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