The Leisure Hour, Volumes 1253-1305W. Stevens, printer, 1876 |
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... King of Pergamus , is said to have given up his throne in order that he might devote himself uninterruptedly to his garden - a source from which Diocletian , according to some authorities , derived the greatest happiness of his life ...
... King of Pergamus , is said to have given up his throne in order that he might devote himself uninterruptedly to his garden - a source from which Diocletian , according to some authorities , derived the greatest happiness of his life ...
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... King William | surely have been something so beatific that no Frederick would gladly have retained his crown , yet ... kings and states- men have apparently acted on a similar sentiment . No man ever lived who has been more lauded for ...
... King William | surely have been something so beatific that no Frederick would gladly have retained his crown , yet ... kings and states- men have apparently acted on a similar sentiment . No man ever lived who has been more lauded for ...
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... kings were sung . ' These songs , which the secre- tary of Charlemagne has informed us were sedu- lously collected by the ... King of Spain's daughter came to visit me , And all for the sake of my little nut tree . " The celebrated rhyme ...
... kings were sung . ' These songs , which the secre- tary of Charlemagne has informed us were sedu- lously collected by the ... King of Spain's daughter came to visit me , And all for the sake of my little nut tree . " The celebrated rhyme ...
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... king's food , and persons were employed to drive them from the royal banquet . Keis produced his cat ; the noxious animals soon disappeared , and magnificent rewards were bestowed on the adven- turer of Siráf , who returned to that city ...
... king's food , and persons were employed to drive them from the royal banquet . Keis produced his cat ; the noxious animals soon disappeared , and magnificent rewards were bestowed on the adven- turer of Siráf , who returned to that city ...
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... king , they were now reckoned among the old mansions of the colony , but differed from the surrounding farm - houses only in having larger dimensions and better - kept grounds . There were the same high - pointed gables and steeply ...
... king , they were now reckoned among the old mansions of the colony , but differed from the surrounding farm - houses only in having larger dimensions and better - kept grounds . There were the same high - pointed gables and steeply ...
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