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... earth - born Giant named Antæus , and a million or more of curious little earth - born people , who were called Pygmies . This Giant and these Pygmies being children of the same mother ( that is to say , our good old Grandmother Earth ) ...
... earth - born Giant named Antæus , and a million or more of curious little earth - born people , who were called Pygmies . This Giant and these Pygmies being children of the same mother ( that is to say , our good old Grandmother Earth ) ...
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... air . He might have set his immense foot upon a multitude , and when he took it up again there would have been a pitiful sight , to be sure . But , being the son of Mother Earth , as they likewise were , the Giant THE PYGMIES . 7.
... air . He might have set his immense foot upon a multitude , and when he took it up again there would have been a pitiful sight , to be sure . But , being the son of Mother Earth , as they likewise were , the Giant THE PYGMIES . 7.
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Sarah Louise Arnold. Mother Earth , as they likewise were , the Giant gave them his brotherly kindness , and loved them with as big a love as it was possible to feel for creatures so very small . And , on their part , the Pygmies loved ...
Sarah Louise Arnold. Mother Earth , as they likewise were , the Giant gave them his brotherly kindness , and loved them with as big a love as it was possible to feel for creatures so very small . And , on their part , the Pygmies loved ...
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... Earth had not been very kind to ourselves , we might have been Giants , too ! " On all their holidays , the Pygmies had excellent sport with Antæus . He often stretched himself out at full length on the ground , where he looked like the ...
... Earth had not been very kind to ourselves , we might have been Giants , too ! " On all their holidays , the Pygmies had excellent sport with Antæus . He often stretched himself out at full length on the ground , where he looked like the ...
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... earth . But soon he saw the mountain move . As it came nearer and nearer , what should it turn out to be but a human shape , not so big as Antæus , it is true , although a very enormous figure in comparison with Pyg- mies , and a vast ...
... earth . But soon he saw the mountain move . As it came nearer and nearer , what should it turn out to be but a human shape , not so big as Antæus , it is true , although a very enormous figure in comparison with Pyg- mies , and a vast ...
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