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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... heard . Some began to cry for scourgers , whose office it was to lash combatants unwilling to fight . But soon all had grown silent , for no one knew what was waiting for the giant , nor whether he would not The Arena Scene from " Quo ...
... heard . Some began to cry for scourgers , whose office it was to lash combatants unwilling to fight . But soon all had grown silent , for no one knew what was waiting for the giant , nor whether he would not The Arena Scene from " Quo ...
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... heard , as the giant fell on the raging bull and seized him by the horns . And then came deep silence . All breasts ceased to breathe . In the amphitheater a fly might be heard on the wing . People could not believe their own eyes ...
... heard , as the giant fell on the raging bull and seized him by the horns . And then came deep silence . All breasts ceased to breathe . In the amphitheater a fly might be heard on the wing . People could not believe their own eyes ...
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... heard from the arena , after which a brief shout was wrested from every breast , and again there was silence . Duller and duller , hoarser and hoarser , more and more painful grew the groan of the bull as it mingled with the whistling ...
... heard from the arena , after which a brief shout was wrested from every breast , and again there was silence . Duller and duller , hoarser and hoarser , more and more painful grew the groan of the bull as it mingled with the whistling ...
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... heard it not . He dropped on his knees in the arena , stretched his hands toward heaven and cried : " I believe ! Oh , Christ ! I believe ! I believe ! " THE ARROW AND THE SONG1 H. W. LONGFELLOW I shot an arrow into the air . It fell to ...
... heard it not . He dropped on his knees in the arena , stretched his hands toward heaven and cried : " I believe ! Oh , Christ ! I believe ! I believe ! " THE ARROW AND THE SONG1 H. W. LONGFELLOW I shot an arrow into the air . It fell to ...
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... heard him sing , while the gas burned low , " Non ti scordar di me ? " The Emperor there in his box of state , Looked grave ; as if he had just then seen The red flag wave from the city gate , Where the eagles in bronze had been . The ...
... heard him sing , while the gas burned low , " Non ti scordar di me ? " The Emperor there in his box of state , Looked grave ; as if he had just then seen The red flag wave from the city gate , Where the eagles in bronze had been . The ...
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