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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... close of a bout , a cheer rose , and a way was made through the crowd for the exit of the vanquished man , did he lift up his great slow eyes - gray as those of a seal , and as calm and lusterless . The wrestling came to an end ...
... close of a bout , a cheer rose , and a way was made through the crowd for the exit of the vanquished man , did he lift up his great slow eyes - gray as those of a seal , and as calm and lusterless . The wrestling came to an end ...
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... close up by the shoulder , and asked him his name . " Stephen , " he answered . " Whose son ? " said she . " Orryson - but they call me Stephen Orry . " " Of what craft ? " " Seaman , of Stappen , under Snaefell Jökull . " The Westmann ...
... close up by the shoulder , and asked him his name . " Stephen , " he answered . " Whose son ? " said she . " Orryson - but they call me Stephen Orry . " " Of what craft ? " " Seaman , of Stappen , under Snaefell Jökull . " The Westmann ...
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... close locked in each other's arms Stephen Orry and the daughter of Jorgen Jorgensen . With the tread of a cat a man crept up behind them . It was the brother of Patriksen . At his back came the Count and the Governor . The snow - cloud ...
... close locked in each other's arms Stephen Orry and the daughter of Jorgen Jorgensen . With the tread of a cat a man crept up behind them . It was the brother of Patriksen . At his back came the Count and the Governor . The snow - cloud ...
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... close to her father's house , and asked to be taken away . Anywhere , anywhere , let it be to the world's end , and she would follow . Stephen answered that one place was like another in Iceland , where the people were few and all knew ...
... close to her father's house , and asked to be taken away . Anywhere , anywhere , let it be to the world's end , and she would follow . Stephen answered that one place was like another in Iceland , where the people were few and all knew ...
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... close to the crown , fell in long tresses to his big shears . Rachel put back her linen head - dress , and , holding tightly the silver pieces in her two hands , hurried home . Her cheeks were crimson , her eyes were wet , and her heart ...
... close to the crown , fell in long tresses to his big shears . Rachel put back her linen head - dress , and , holding tightly the silver pieces in her two hands , hurried home . Her cheeks were crimson , her eyes were wet , and her heart ...
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