Old Pictures of Life, Volume 2Stone and Kimball, 1894 |
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... Italy on flower day . Moving on from these kind attentions the saint came to a little stream , but he threw his cloak on the water and on that dear little bridge he moved , perhaps a two hundred - pound fairy , from bank to bank . To ...
... Italy on flower day . Moving on from these kind attentions the saint came to a little stream , but he threw his cloak on the water and on that dear little bridge he moved , perhaps a two hundred - pound fairy , from bank to bank . To ...
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... undulating lines that are sup- posed to convey it . The Greeks called this image Andromeda , or Helen . Along came the Latins and called it Minerva , or Zenobia . Along came the Italians and I called it 42 OLD PICTURES OF LIFE .
... undulating lines that are sup- posed to convey it . The Greeks called this image Andromeda , or Helen . Along came the Latins and called it Minerva , or Zenobia . Along came the Italians and I called it 42 OLD PICTURES OF LIFE .
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David Swing. Zenobia . Along came the Italians and I called it Beatrice . The Bible built a beautiful garden around about it and called it Eve . But call this creature what you may , this is the Atlas upon whose shoulders the world of ...
David Swing. Zenobia . Along came the Italians and I called it Beatrice . The Bible built a beautiful garden around about it and called it Eve . But call this creature what you may , this is the Atlas upon whose shoulders the world of ...
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... Italy of the fourteenth cen- tury . The facts which lay at the bottom of the drama are dated at 1303 of our period ; the final form of the story was written by Shakespeare about 1590 , thus granting the tale more than two hundred and ...
... Italy of the fourteenth cen- tury . The facts which lay at the bottom of the drama are dated at 1303 of our period ; the final form of the story was written by Shakespeare about 1590 , thus granting the tale more than two hundred and ...
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... Italy ; but it is now probable that the best thing in the history of the crusades is the fact that the great majority of the wan- dering knights never came back . One consequence cannot be denied : They en- hanced the value of the sword ...
... Italy ; but it is now probable that the best thing in the history of the crusades is the fact that the great majority of the wan- dering knights never came back . One consequence cannot be denied : They en- hanced the value of the sword ...
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