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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... body into his arms that he might lift the man out of his seat . But he moved him not an inch . With feet that held the earth like the hoofs of an ox , the young man sat unmoved . Then those who had followed at the islander's heels for ...
... body into his arms that he might lift the man out of his seat . But he moved him not an inch . With feet that held the earth like the hoofs of an ox , the young man sat unmoved . Then those who had followed at the islander's heels for ...
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... body forward , and like a green withe Patriksen doubled backwards with a groan . Then at a rush of the islander's kinsmen , and a cry that his back would be broken , the young man loosed his grip , and Patriksen rolled from him to the ...
... body forward , and like a green withe Patriksen doubled backwards with a groan . Then at a rush of the islander's kinsmen , and a cry that his back would be broken , the young man loosed his grip , and Patriksen rolled from him to the ...
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... body had been found . It lay like a rag across the dike that ran between the parsonage and the church . On the dead man's face was the look that all had seen there when last night he flung down the belt between his adversary and the ...
... body had been found . It lay like a rag across the dike that ran between the parsonage and the church . On the dead man's face was the look that all had seen there when last night he flung down the belt between his adversary and the ...
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... body . Go to your filthy offal , and may the devil damn you both . " She stopped her ears to shut out the torrent of a father's curse , but before the flood of it was spent she fell backward cold and senseless , and her upturned face ...
... body . Go to your filthy offal , and may the devil damn you both . " She stopped her ears to shut out the torrent of a father's curse , but before the flood of it was spent she fell backward cold and senseless , and her upturned face ...
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... body of her husband must cover a pygmy soul . Bound she was for all her weary days to the place of her disgrace , doomed she was to live to the last with the woman who hated her , and to eat that woman's bitter bread . She was heavy ...
... body of her husband must cover a pygmy soul . Bound she was for all her weary days to the place of her disgrace , doomed she was to live to the last with the woman who hated her , and to eat that woman's bitter bread . She was heavy ...
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