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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... seen that his right arm was useless , being broken between the elbow and the wrist , and bound with a kerchief above the wound . Nothing loath for this infirmity , he threw his other arm about the waist of the islander , and the two men ...
... seen that his right arm was useless , being broken between the elbow and the wrist , and bound with a kerchief above the wound . Nothing loath for this infirmity , he threw his other arm about the waist of the islander , and the two men ...
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... seen there when last night he flung down the belt between his adversary and the Governor's daughter , cry- ing , " Keep it . " But his sullen eyes were glazed , and stared up without the quivering of a lid through the rosy sunlight ...
... seen there when last night he flung down the belt between his adversary and the Governor's daughter , cry- ing , " Keep it . " But his sullen eyes were glazed , and stared up without the quivering of a lid through the rosy sunlight ...
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... seen , who profoundly influenced and molded the thought and character of the nineteenth century . Born at Ecclefechan , Scotland , December 4 , 1795 ; died in London , February 4 , 1881. Author of " Life of Schiller , " " Sartor ...
... seen , who profoundly influenced and molded the thought and character of the nineteenth century . Born at Ecclefechan , Scotland , December 4 , 1795 ; died in London , February 4 , 1881. Author of " Life of Schiller , " " Sartor ...
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... seen him disappointed , bemocked of Destiny , through long years ? All that the young heart might desire and pray for has been denied ; nay , as in the last worst instance , offered and then snatched away . Ever an " excellent Passivity ...
... seen him disappointed , bemocked of Destiny , through long years ? All that the young heart might desire and pray for has been denied ; nay , as in the last worst instance , offered and then snatched away . Ever an " excellent Passivity ...
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... seen gilding . And then to fancy the fair Castles that stood sheltered in these Moun- tain hollows ; with their green flower - lawns , and white dames and damosels , lovely enough : or better still , the straw - roofed Cottages ...
... seen gilding . And then to fancy the fair Castles that stood sheltered in these Moun- tain hollows ; with their green flower - lawns , and white dames and damosels , lovely enough : or better still , the straw - roofed Cottages ...
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