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In that moment Tito , with bloodless face and eyes dilated , had one of the self -
preserving inspirations that come in extremity . With a sudden desperate effort he
mastered the clasp of his belt , and flung belt and scarsella forward towards a ...
In that moment Tito , with bloodless face and eyes dilated , had one of the self -
preserving inspirations that come in extremity . With a sudden desperate effort he
mastered the clasp of his belt , and flung belt and scarsella forward towards a ...
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He got his large fingers within the neck of the tunic and held him there , kneeling
on one knee beside the body and watching the face . There was a fierce hope in
his heart , but it was mixed with trembling . In his eyes there was only fierceness ...
He got his large fingers within the neck of the tunic and held him there , kneeling
on one knee beside the body and watching the face . There was a fierce hope in
his heart , but it was mixed with trembling . In his eyes there was only fierceness ...
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It might be death — and death might mean this chill gloom with the face of the
hideous past hanging over him forever . But now Baldassarre's only dread was ,
lest the young limbs should escape him . He pressed his knuckles against the ...
It might be death — and death might mean this chill gloom with the face of the
hideous past hanging over him forever . But now Baldassarre's only dread was ,
lest the young limbs should escape him . He pressed his knuckles against the ...
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No one knew the bodies for a long while , for the aged face had fallen forward ,
half hiding the younger . But before they had been moved out of sight , they had
been recognized . " I know that old man , " Piero di Cosimo had testified . “ I
painted ...
No one knew the bodies for a long while , for the aged face had fallen forward ,
half hiding the younger . But before they had been moved out of sight , they had
been recognized . " I know that old man , " Piero di Cosimo had testified . “ I
painted ...
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A slight flush came over his face as he read . It was produced by the following
announcement : “ If David Faux , son of Jonathan Faux , late of Gilsbrook , will
apply at the office of Mr. Strutt , attorney , of Rodham , he will hear of something to
his ...
A slight flush came over his face as he read . It was produced by the following
announcement : “ If David Faux , son of Jonathan Faux , late of Gilsbrook , will
apply at the office of Mr. Strutt , attorney , of Rodham , he will hear of something to
his ...
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Page 274 - the Taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the Government were the only Ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them ; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness, three times as much by our Pride, and four times as much by our Folly; and from these Taxes the Commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an Abatement. However let us hearken to good Advice, and something may be done for us; God helps them...
Page 264 - Tis not enough your counsel still be true ; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do ; Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown proposed as things forgot.
Page 275 - Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a Man afford himself no Leisure? I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy Time well, if thou meanest to gain Leisure; and, since thou art not sure of a Minute, throw not away an Hour.
Page 59 - BY the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world.
Page 55 - TERMINUS. IT is time to be old, To take in sail : — The god of bounds, Who sets to seas a shore, Came to me in his fatal rounds, And said : ' No more ! No farther shoot Thy broad ambitious branches, and thy root.
Page 192 - And don't you make any noise ! " So toddling off to his trundle-bed He dreamt of the pretty toys. And as he was dreaming, an angel song Awakened our Little Boy Blue, — Oh, the years are many, the years are long, But the little toy friends are true. Ay, faithful to Little Boy Blue they stand, Each in the same old place, Awaiting the touch of a little hand, The smile of a little face. And they wonder, as waiting these long years through, In the dust of that little chair, What has become of our Little...
Page 3 - MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence...
Page 261 - Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a readiness in recollecting and using them...
Page 432 - And he stirred it round and round and round, And he sniffed at the foaming froth ; When I ups with his heels, and smothers his squeals In the scum of the boiling broth. " And I eat that cook in a week or less, And — as I eating be The last of his chops, why, I almost drops, For a wessel in sight I see!
Page 273 - COURTEOUS READER : I have heard that nothing gives an author so great pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors. This pleasure I have seldom enjoyed ; for, though I have been, if I may say it without vanity, an eminent author (of...
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| Title | The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, Volume 5 The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, John Lawson Stoddard |
| Author | John Lawson Stoddard |
| Publisher | G.L. Shuman & Company, 1913 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 12 Jun 2007 |
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