The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, Volume 3G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 - Literature |
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... answered no that the contest was over , and judgment made , and he who would take the champion's belt must come to the next Althing and earn it . Then the girl unlocked her necklace of coral and silver spangles , beckoned the young man ...
... answered no that the contest was over , and judgment made , and he who would take the champion's belt must come to the next Althing and earn it . Then the girl unlocked her necklace of coral and silver spangles , beckoned the young man ...
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... answered him that it was his , for he had won it , and until it was taken from him he must hold it , and if he stood in peril from the kinsmen of any man let him remember that it was she , daughter of the Governor himself , who had ...
... answered him that it was his , for he had won it , and until it was taken from him he must hold it , and if he stood in peril from the kinsmen of any man let him remember that it was she , daughter of the Governor himself , who had ...
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... answer pat . He had made inquiries . The man's name was Stephen Orry . He came from Stappen under Snaefell , and was known there for a wastrel . On the poor glory of his village vogue as an athlete , he idled his days in bed and his ...
... answer pat . He had made inquiries . The man's name was Stephen Orry . He came from Stappen under Snaefell , and was known there for a wastrel . On the poor glory of his village vogue as an athlete , he idled his days in bed and his ...
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... answered , with an absent look , that she was forced to keep her room . At that moment a message came for the Count . It was urgent , and could not wait . The Count went to the door , and , returning presently , asked if Jorgen was sure ...
... answered , with an absent look , that she was forced to keep her room . At that moment a message came for the Count . It was urgent , and could not wait . The Count went to the door , and , returning presently , asked if Jorgen was sure ...
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... answered that one place was like another in Iceland , where the people were few and all knew their story ; and , as for foreign parts , though a seaman he was not a sea - going man , farther than the whale - fishing about their coasts ...
... answered that one place was like another in Iceland , where the people were few and all knew their story ; and , as for foreign parts , though a seaman he was not a sea - going man , farther than the whale - fishing about their coasts ...
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