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 5John Clark Ridpath Globe publishing Company, 1898 - Literature |
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... holding the back of his head in his knitted fingers against the back of his rocking chair . Father , mother , brother , sisters , all , had been massacred in the struggle of '21 and '22 ; he alone GEORGE WASHINGTON CABLE.
... holding the back of his head in his knitted fingers against the back of his rocking chair . Father , mother , brother , sisters , all , had been massacred in the struggle of '21 and '22 ; he alone GEORGE WASHINGTON CABLE.
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... heads would lean forward from the chair - backs , and a great stillness would follow the ending of the story , old M. d'Hemecourt would all at once speak up and say , laying his hands upon the narrator's knee : " Comrade , your throat ...
... heads would lean forward from the chair - backs , and a great stillness would follow the ending of the story , old M. d'Hemecourt would all at once speak up and say , laying his hands upon the narrator's knee : " Comrade , your throat ...
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... head of the forces . Cæsar there- upon crossed the Rubicon - a small Italian stream , the identity of which is not altogether certain— which separated Italy from the provinces which had been assigned to Cæsar , and thus inaugurated the ...
... head of the forces . Cæsar there- upon crossed the Rubicon - a small Italian stream , the identity of which is not altogether certain— which separated Italy from the provinces which had been assigned to Cæsar , and thus inaugurated the ...
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... head and upper lip . Ten and even twelve have wives common to them , and particularly brothers among brothers , and parents among their children ; but if there be any issue by these wives , they are reputed to be the children of those ...
... head and upper lip . Ten and even twelve have wives common to them , and particularly brothers among brothers , and parents among their children ; but if there be any issue by these wives , they are reputed to be the children of those ...
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... head and upper lip . Ten and even twelve have wives common to them , and particularly brothers among brothers , and parents among their children ; but if there be any issue by these wives , they are reputed to be the children of those ...
... head and upper lip . Ten and even twelve have wives common to them , and particularly brothers among brothers , and parents among their children ; but if there be any issue by these wives , they are reputed to be the children of those ...
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