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... strong , he was at the same time very gentle and mod- est in demeanor ; and he was a man of rare learning . When Nathaniel was a mere lad his father died , and his mother moved with her little family to a farm in the midst of the woods ...
... strong , he was at the same time very gentle and mod- est in demeanor ; and he was a man of rare learning . When Nathaniel was a mere lad his father died , and his mother moved with her little family to a farm in the midst of the woods ...
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... strong people who came to New England that they might worship God as they chose ; he rewrote many of the tales which ancient poets of Greece and Rome had written in their own languages about gods A FIFTH READER . AUTHOR.
... strong people who came to New England that they might worship God as they chose ; he rewrote many of the tales which ancient poets of Greece and Rome had written in their own languages about gods A FIFTH READER . AUTHOR.
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... always in full vigor . Some persons affirm that he grew ten times stronger at every touch ; others say that it was only twice 1 re - doubt'a - ble , valiant ; terrible . as strong . But only think of it ! Whenever THE PYGMIES . 15.
... always in full vigor . Some persons affirm that he grew ten times stronger at every touch ; others say that it was only twice 1 re - doubt'a - ble , valiant ; terrible . as strong . But only think of it ! Whenever THE PYGMIES . 15.
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... strong as exactly ten just such Giants as his former self . It was well for the world that Antæus happened to be of a sluggish disposition , and liked ease better than exer- cise ; for if he had frisked about like the Pygmies , and ...
... strong as exactly ten just such Giants as his former self . It was well for the world that Antæus happened to be of a sluggish disposition , and liked ease better than exer- cise ; for if he had frisked about like the Pygmies , and ...
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... strong . " Neither shall you go back whence you came . " " How will you prevent me , " asked Hercules , " from going whither I please ? " " By hitting you a rap with this pine tree here , " shouted Antæus , scowling so that he made ...
... strong . " Neither shall you go back whence you came . " " How will you prevent me , " asked Hercules , " from going whither I please ? " " By hitting you a rap with this pine tree here , " shouted Antæus , scowling so that he made ...
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