Stories of the Olden TimeAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 254 Seiten |
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... upon to sep- arate the probable from the improbable , the true from the false . Herodotus , the father of history , wrote his account of the " Persian Empire " several hundred years after the events took place which he has recorded .
... upon to sep- arate the probable from the improbable , the true from the false . Herodotus , the father of history , wrote his account of the " Persian Empire " several hundred years after the events took place which he has recorded .
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after the events took place which he has recorded . The stories had been preserved to his day by tradition . In the traditional stories and in the truer records which follow , the pupil will see the play of the same emotions and ...
after the events took place which he has recorded . The stories had been preserved to his day by tradition . In the traditional stories and in the truer records which follow , the pupil will see the play of the same emotions and ...
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... took her station , and attached the web to the beam . Both worked with speed ; their skillful hands moved rapidly , and the excitement of the contest made the labor light . < OINA 4. Minerva wrought into her web the scene 12 STORIES OF ...
... took her station , and attached the web to the beam . Both worked with speed ; their skillful hands moved rapidly , and the excitement of the contest made the labor light . < OINA 4. Minerva wrought into her web the scene 12 STORIES OF ...
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... took with him a jar of wine as a present should he meet with any inhabitants . Presently they came to a large cave , and entered it . There they found lambs and kids in their pens , and a table spread with cheese , fruits , and bowls of ...
... took with him a jar of wine as a present should he meet with any inhabitants . Presently they came to a large cave , and entered it . There they found lambs and kids in their pens , and a table spread with cheese , fruits , and bowls of ...
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... took it and easily adjusted the cord . Then he selected an arrow and sent it through the twelve rings at the first shot . Before the suitors recovered from their astonishment he sent another through the heart of the most insolent of ...
... took it and easily adjusted the cord . Then he selected an arrow and sent it through the twelve rings at the first shot . Before the suitors recovered from their astonishment he sent another through the heart of the most insolent of ...
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Seite 16 - Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
Seite 61 - For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed ; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and forever grew still!
Seite 62 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal ; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord...
Seite 14 - Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive. So when even was come, the Lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
Seite 17 - He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Seite 61 - And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand : and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Seite 60 - I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou earnest.
Seite 239 - With Spanish yew so strong, Arrows a cloth-yard long, That like to serpents stung, Piercing the weather ; None from his fellow starts, But playing manly parts, And like true English hearts Stuck close together.
Seite 61 - Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown.
Seite 16 - Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth : and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: 6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.