Standard Selections: A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions from Best Authors for Use in Class Room and on the PlatformRobert Irving Fulton, Thomas Clarkson Trueblood, Edwin P. Trueblood |
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... eyes had never seen the like of Ursus . The people gazed with the delight of experts at his mighty limbs , as large as tree trunks ; at his breast , as large as two shields joined together , and his arms of a Hercules . He was unarmed ...
... eyes had never seen the like of Ursus . The people gazed with the delight of experts at his mighty limbs , as large as tree trunks ; at his breast , as large as two shields joined together , and his arms of a Hercules . He was unarmed ...
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... eye to eye . In fact , they had not long to wait . Suddenly the shrill sound of brazen trumpets was heard , and at that ... eyes . Since Rome was Rome no one had ever seen such a spectacle . The man's feet sank in the sand to his ankle ...
... eye to eye . In fact , they had not long to wait . Suddenly the shrill sound of brazen trumpets was heard , and at that ... eyes . Since Rome was Rome no one had ever seen such a spectacle . The man's feet sank in the sand to his ankle ...
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... eyes and The amphitheater had gone wild . The walls of the building were trembling from the roar of tens of thousands of people . Everywhere were heard cries for mercy , passionate and per- sistent , which soon turned into one unbroken ...
... eyes and The amphitheater had gone wild . The walls of the building were trembling from the roar of tens of thousands of people . Everywhere were heard cries for mercy , passionate and per- sistent , which soon turned into one unbroken ...
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... eyes fixed on him , he slowly raised his hand and gave the sign for mercy . Then a thunder of applause broke from the highest seats to the lowest . But Vinicius heard it not . He dropped on his knees in the arena , stretched his hands ...
... eyes fixed on him , he slowly raised his hand and gave the sign for mercy . Then a thunder of applause broke from the highest seats to the lowest . But Vinicius heard it not . He dropped on his knees in the arena , stretched his hands ...
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... eyes there began to move Something that felt like tears . I thought of the dress that she wore last time , When we stood neath the cypress - trees together , In that lost land , in that soft clime , In the crimson evening weather ; Of ...
... eyes there began to move Something that felt like tears . I thought of the dress that she wore last time , When we stood neath the cypress - trees together , In that lost land , in that soft clime , In the crimson evening weather ; Of ...
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