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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... death . He had always intended to have a son and build up a family . It was the sole failure of his career that he had only a daughter . That had been a disaster for which he was not accountable , but he prepared himself to make a good ...
... death . He had always intended to have a son and build up a family . It was the sole failure of his career that he had only a daughter . That had been a disaster for which he was not accountable , but he prepared himself to make a good ...
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... death of Patriksen ? " The blow of her words was harder than the blow of her hus- band's hand . The man reeled before it , turned white , gasped for breath , then caught up his cap and fled out into the night . PEDRO CALDERON DE LA ...
... death of Patriksen ? " The blow of her words was harder than the blow of her hus- band's hand . The man reeled before it , turned white , gasped for breath , then caught up his cap and fled out into the night . PEDRO CALDERON DE LA ...
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... death and captivity led ! Oh weep ! but thy tears cannot number the dead , For a merciless sword on Culloden shall wave , Culloden ! that reeks with the blood of the brave . LOCHIEL Go , preach to the coward , thou death - telling seer ...
... death and captivity led ! Oh weep ! but thy tears cannot number the dead , For a merciless sword on Culloden shall wave , Culloden ! that reeks with the blood of the brave . LOCHIEL Go , preach to the coward , thou death - telling seer ...
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... death . Then welcome be Cumberland's steed to the shock ! Let him dash his proud foam like a wave on the rock ! But woe to his kindred , and woe to his cause , When Albin her claymore indignantly draws ; When her bonneted chieftains to ...
... death . Then welcome be Cumberland's steed to the shock ! Let him dash his proud foam like a wave on the rock ! But woe to his kindred , and woe to his cause , When Albin her claymore indignantly draws ; When her bonneted chieftains to ...
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... death be laid low , With his back to the field , and his feet to the foe ! And , leaving in battle no blot on his name , Look proudly to Heaven from the death - bed of fame . YE MARINERS OF ENGLAND A NAVAL ODE I YE Mariners of England ...
... death be laid low , With his back to the field , and his feet to the foe ! And , leaving in battle no blot on his name , Look proudly to Heaven from the death - bed of fame . YE MARINERS OF ENGLAND A NAVAL ODE I YE Mariners of England ...
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