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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... hand and his elbow on his knee . His head was bare , and from his hairy breast his woollen shirt was thrown back by reason of the heat . He was a magnificent creature - young , stalwart , fair - haired , broad - chested , with limbs ...
... hand and his elbow on his knee . His head was bare , and from his hairy breast his woollen shirt was thrown back by reason of the heat . He was a magnificent creature - young , stalwart , fair - haired , broad - chested , with limbs ...
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... hand under the islander's rib , pulled towards him , pushed from him , threw the weight of his 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 ...
... hand under the islander's rib , pulled towards him , pushed from him , threw the weight of his 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 ...
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... hand , and he started ; but she rallied him on his fears , and laughed that one who had felled the blustering champion of that day should tremble at a noise in the night . There was a wild outcry in Thingvellir the next morning ...
... hand , and he started ; but she rallied him on his fears , and laughed that one who had felled the blustering champion of that day should tremble at a noise in the night . There was a wild outcry in Thingvellir the next morning ...
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... hand should be despatched . The marriage must be delayed no longer . But then the Count betrayed reluctance . Rumor had pes- tered him with reports that vexed his pride . He dropped hints of them to the Governor . " Strange , " said he ...
... hand should be despatched . The marriage must be delayed no longer . But then the Count betrayed reluctance . Rumor had pes- tered him with reports that vexed his pride . He dropped hints of them to the Governor . " Strange , " said he ...
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... hands , and she , lest she should repent of her bargain , prayed him to take her hair off instantly . He was nothing ... hand on the money , and getting up , he went out of the house , saying he must see the Scotch captain there and then ...
... hands , and she , lest she should repent of her bargain , prayed him to take her hair off instantly . He was nothing ... hand on the money , and getting up , he went out of the house , saying he must see the Scotch captain there and then ...
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