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... WAITING BY THE RIVER ABOUT the time when the two Compagnacci went on
their errand , there was another man who , on the opposite side of the Arno , was
also going out into the chill gray twilight . His errand , apparently , could have ...
... WAITING BY THE RIVER ABOUT the time when the two Compagnacci went on
their errand , there was another man who , on the opposite side of the Arno , was
also going out into the chill gray twilight . His errand , apparently , could have ...
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The gutters and the loneliness were the attraction that drew this man to come and
sit down among the grass , and bend over the waters that ran swiftly in the
channeled slope at his side . For he had once had a large piece of bread brought
to ...
The gutters and the loneliness were the attraction that drew this man to come and
sit down among the grass , and bend over the waters that ran swiftly in the
channeled slope at his side . For he had once had a large piece of bread brought
to ...
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Then his scarsella was snatched at ; but all the while he was being hustled and
dragged ; and the snatch failed — his scarsella still hung at his side . Shouting ,
yelling , half - motiveless execration rang stunningly in his ears , spreading even
...
Then his scarsella was snatched at ; but all the while he was being hustled and
dragged ; and the snatch failed — his scarsella still hung at his side . Shouting ,
yelling , half - motiveless execration rang stunningly in his ears , spreading even
...
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One bridge was passed — the bridge of Santa Trinità . Should he risk landing
now rather than trust to his strength ? No. He heard , or fancied he heard , yells
and cries pursuing him . Terror pressed him most from the side of his fellow - men
...
One bridge was passed — the bridge of Santa Trinità . Should he risk landing
now rather than trust to his strength ? No. He heard , or fancied he heard , yells
and cries pursuing him . Terror pressed him most from the side of his fellow - men
...
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No eyes descried afar off the two human bodies among the tall grass by the river
- side . Florence was busy with greater affairs , and the preparation of a deeper
tragedy . Not long after those two bodies were lying in the grass , Savonarola was
...
No eyes descried afar off the two human bodies among the tall grass by the river
- side . Florence was busy with greater affairs , and the preparation of a deeper
tragedy . Not long after those two bodies were lying in the grass , Savonarola was
...
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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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