The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ...: A Biographical and Bibliographical Summary of the World's Most Eminent Authors, Including the Choicest Extracts and Masterpieces from Their Writings, Comprising the Best Features of Many Celebrated Compilations, Notably the Guernsey Collection, the De Puy Collection, the Ridpath Collection, All Carefully Rev. and Arranged by a Corps of the Most Capable Scholars, Volume 8John Clark Ridpath Globe publishing Company, 1898 - Literature |
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... heard the sharp sound of a screeching fife , the metallic clash of cymbals , the shouts of boys , the rattle of a little drum . It was the rataplan beating before a troop of wrestlers and jugglers who were traversing the Marche and ...
... heard the sharp sound of a screeching fife , the metallic clash of cymbals , the shouts of boys , the rattle of a little drum . It was the rataplan beating before a troop of wrestlers and jugglers who were traversing the Marche and ...
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... heard each shout of the ap- plauding multitudes . It is a terrible thing , a horrible thing , those inherited memories that are born in you with the blood of others . I looked at them , I say , intoxicated with joy , and with ...
... heard each shout of the ap- plauding multitudes . It is a terrible thing , a horrible thing , those inherited memories that are born in you with the blood of others . I looked at them , I say , intoxicated with joy , and with ...
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... heard them use shocking language , some of which I should be sorry to repeat to you . One thing you shall hear . It proves Conon's malice , and that he was the ringleader in the affair : He crowed , mimicking fighting - cocks when they ...
... heard them use shocking language , some of which I should be sorry to repeat to you . One thing you shall hear . It proves Conon's malice , and that he was the ringleader in the affair : He crowed , mimicking fighting - cocks when they ...
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... heard . Nor does this merely import that no one shall be prejudiced , or that equal favor shall be extended to both parties ; it also implies that each antagonist shall have free scope in pursuing whatever method and line of procedure ...
... heard . Nor does this merely import that no one shall be prejudiced , or that equal favor shall be extended to both parties ; it also implies that each antagonist shall have free scope in pursuing whatever method and line of procedure ...
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... the very same way I heard gentle voices speaking to me ( I hear everything when I am sleeping ) , and instantly I awoke ; it was broad noon , and my children were stand- ing , hand in hand , at my bedside , THOMAS DE QUINCEY.
... the very same way I heard gentle voices speaking to me ( I hear everything when I am sleeping ) , and instantly I awoke ; it was broad noon , and my children were stand- ing , hand in hand , at my bedside , THOMAS DE QUINCEY.
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