The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, Volume 1G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 - Anthologies |
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Page 30
... once boasting of his speed before the other animals . " I have never yet been beaten , " said he , " when I put forth my full speed . I challenge any one here to race with me . " The Tortoise said quietly : " I accept your challenge ...
... once boasting of his speed before the other animals . " I have never yet been beaten , " said he , " when I put forth my full speed . I challenge any one here to race with me . " The Tortoise said quietly : " I accept your challenge ...
Page 31
... once gave out that he was sick unto death , and sum- moned the animals to come and hear his last Will and Testa- ment . So the Goat came to the Lion's cave , and stopped there listening for a long time . Then a Sheep went in , and ...
... once gave out that he was sick unto death , and sum- moned the animals to come and hear his last Will and Testa- ment . So the Goat came to the Lion's cave , and stopped there listening for a long time . Then a Sheep went in , and ...
Page 32
... once escaped from his master and fled to the forest . As he was wandering about there he came upon a Lion lying down moaning and groaning . At first he turned to flee , but finding that the Lion did not pursue him , he turned back and ...
... once escaped from his master and fled to the forest . As he was wandering about there he came upon a Lion lying down moaning and groaning . At first he turned to flee , but finding that the Lion did not pursue him , he turned back and ...
Page 37
... once free ourselves from the erroneous impression that the crust of the earth is a solid , steadfast foundation . So far from being im- movable , it has been constantly heaving and falling ; and if we are not impressed by its ...
... once free ourselves from the erroneous impression that the crust of the earth is a solid , steadfast foundation . So far from being im- movable , it has been constantly heaving and falling ; and if we are not impressed by its ...
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... once perceive the method by which the geologist decides upon the age of such a mountain . He finds the strata upon its slopes in regular super- position , the uppermost belonging , we will suppose , to the Tri- assic period ; at its ...
... once perceive the method by which the geologist decides upon the age of such a mountain . He finds the strata upon its slopes in regular super- position , the uppermost belonging , we will suppose , to the Tri- assic period ; at its ...
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