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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... passed into August , and the day was near that had been appointed by Jorgen Jorgensen for the marriage of his daughter to the Count Trollop . At the girl's request the marriage was postponed . The second day came nigh ; again the girl ...
... passed into August , and the day was near that had been appointed by Jorgen Jorgensen for the marriage of his daughter to the Count Trollop . At the girl's request the marriage was postponed . The second day came nigh ; again the girl ...
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... passed over their heads , she could not help but ask herself what it would profit her , though she got the boat for her husband , if she lost him for herself ? And thinking in this fashion , she was turning away with a faltering step ...
... passed over their heads , she could not help but ask herself what it would profit her , though she got the boat for her husband , if she lost him for herself ? And thinking in this fashion , she was turning away with a faltering step ...
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... passed and he did not come . The old woman sat by the hearth and smoked . Rachel waited with fear at her heart , but the hours went by and still Stephen did not appear . The old woman dozed before the fire and snored . At length , when ...
... passed and he did not come . The old woman sat by the hearth and smoked . Rachel waited with fear at her heart , but the hours went by and still Stephen did not appear . The old woman dozed before the fire and snored . At length , when ...
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... passed , falsely enough , for courage . " " So had it lasted , " concludes the Wanderer , " so had it lasted , as in bitter protracted Death - agony , through long years . The heart within me , unvisited by any heavenly dewdrop , was ...
... passed , falsely enough , for courage . " " So had it lasted , " concludes the Wanderer , " so had it lasted , as in bitter protracted Death - agony , through long years . The heart within me , unvisited by any heavenly dewdrop , was ...
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... passed away without return ; in the history of the world there will not again be any man , never so great , whom his fellow- men will take for a god . Nay we might rationally ask , Did any set of human beings ever really think the man ...
... passed away without return ; in the history of the world there will not again be any man , never so great , whom his fellow- men will take for a god . Nay we might rationally ask , Did any set of human beings ever really think the man ...
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