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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... Stephen Orry . He came from Stappen under Snaefell , and was known there for a wastrel . On the poor glory of his village vogue as an athlete , he idled his days in bed and his nights at the tavern . His father CAINE 9.
... Stephen Orry . He came from Stappen under Snaefell , and was known there for a wastrel . On the poor glory of his village vogue as an athlete , he idled his days in bed and his nights at the tavern . His father CAINE 9.
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... poor place , where the great ships never put into trade , and that there was more chance of livelihood at Reykjavík . Rachel crushed down her shame , and they took a mean little house in the fishing quarter . Stephen did no work . Once ...
... poor place , where the great ships never put into trade , and that there was more chance of livelihood at Reykjavík . Rachel crushed down her shame , and they took a mean little house in the fishing quarter . Stephen did no work . Once ...
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... poor men were there already . At that , Rachel's heart sank , for she saw that the great 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 ...
... poor men were there already . At that , Rachel's heart sank , for she saw that the great 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 ...
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... poor home in the fishing quarter . There , in a shrill , tremulous voice of joy and fear , she told Stephen all , and counted out the glistening coins to the last of the sixty into his great hand . " And now you can buy the English boat ...
... poor home in the fishing quarter . There , in a shrill , tremulous voice of joy and fear , she told Stephen all , and counted out the glistening coins to the last of the sixty into his great hand . " And now you can buy the English boat ...
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... poor prisoner who lies there Is my own son , not Blanca's , not Urrea's , But my own son , your brother , Violante ! Viol . My brother ! Men . Whom we must save ! Viol . Aye , your brother , my own son , On the same errand , ere I knew ...
... poor prisoner who lies there Is my own son , not Blanca's , not Urrea's , But my own son , your brother , Violante ! Viol . My brother ! Men . Whom we must save ! Viol . Aye , your brother , my own son , On the same errand , ere I knew ...
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