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Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers / Various
: Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers Author: Various Release ... FICTION BY THE FOREMOST WRITERS [Illustration] NEW YORK THE SHORT STORIES COMPANY 1909 ALL RIGHTS details...- creator(s) - Various
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- subject(s) - katrina; maclean; grandfather mcbride; grandfather mcbride; katrina; maclean;
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Vana Parva, Part 2 / Schwartau, Winn
down various plants. And that foremost of strong persons--Bhima--uprooting innumerable plaintain trunks equal ... devoid of humanity and human beings? And, O foremost of men, tell thou also, whither thou wilt go to details...- creator(s) - Schwartau, Winn
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- subject(s) - brahmana; yudhishthira; brahmanas; markandeya; bharata; rama; vaisampayana continued; markandeya continued; foremost; king; celestials; bharata race; mighty; king yudhishthira; yudhishthira answered; yaksha asked; kuru race; bharata; brahmana; king yudhishthira; yudhishthira answered; yaksha asked; mighty; rama; celestials; yudhishthira; brahmanas; markandeya; kuru race; king; vaisampayana continued; markandeya continued; bharata race; foremost;
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Virata Parva / Various
king, wouldst thou choose, and where, O foremost of monarchs, shall we spend this year?' "Yudhishthira ... , that foremost of men possessed of long arms, invincible in fight, and before whom, while he was staying details...- creator(s) - Various
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Adi Parva /
. To this I did not agree. I took a week's time to consider. I consulted some of my literary friends, foremost among ... of success. When I heard that Jarasandha, the foremost of the royal line of Magadha, and blazing in the midst details...- creator(s) -
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- subject(s) - brahmana; vaisampayana; pandavas; brahmanas; arjuna; parva; rishi; vaisampayana continued; parva continued; sambhava parva; astika parva; monarch; illustrious; king; bharata's race; sauti continued; foremost; adi parva; great rishi; section; beholding; so; brahmana; beholding; great rishi; so; pandavas; monarch; brahmanas; arjuna; adi parva; section; astika parva; rishi; bharata's race; king; vaisampayana; vaisampayana continued; parva; sauti continued; parva continued; illustrious; sambhava parva; foremost;
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Vana Parva, Part 1 /
I (Aranyaka Parva) Om! Having bowed down to Narayana, and Nara the foremost of male beings, and the goddess Saraswati also, must the word _Jaya_ be uttered. Janamejaya said, "O thou foremost of regenerate ones ... details...- creator(s) -
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- subject(s) - tirtha; nala; yudhishthira; bharata; brahmanas; one obtaineth; tirtha called; king; bharata race; kuru race; vaisampayana continued; one acquireth; merit; king nala; mighty; thousand kine; sacrifice; son; bharata; son; tirtha; nala; sacrifice; king nala; mighty; thousand kine; yudhishthira; brahmanas; kuru race; king; vaisampayana continued; one acquireth; one obtaineth; tirtha called; bharata race; merit;
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Lady Rosamond's Secret A Romance of Fredericton / Armour, Rebecca Agatha, 1846?-1891
the foremost one, a lovely and animated girl whose beauty baffled description, espied a gentleman busily ... , being greeted by the merry party still lingering on the verandah. "Explain, Mary," said the foremost details...- creator(s) - Armour, Rebecca Agatha, 1846?-1891
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- subject(s) - lady rosamond; rosamond; bereford; trevelyan; douglas; gerald bereford; howard; gerald; mary douglas; ladyship; lady bereford; howe; guy trevelyan; fanny trevelyan; lady douglas; lieutenant trevelyan; captain trevelyan; lady; captain douglas; howard dougl; gerald; guy trevelyan; douglas; howard dougl; mary douglas; lieutenant trevelyan; howard; lady; bereford; lady rosamond; captain douglas; ladyship; gerald bereford; lady bereford; captain trevelyan; howe; rosamond; trevelyan; fanny trevelyan; lady douglas;
- title - Lady Rosamond's Secret A Romance of Fredericton
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Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 / Various
. She is divided into seven watertight compartments by athwartship bulkheads. The foremost one is the usual collision bulkhead. Between this and the foremost engine room bulkhead are Nos. 1 and 2 holds, separated ... details...- creator(s) - Various
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- subject(s) - compressor; piston; cylinder; air compressor; steam; gas; air compressors; pressure; engine; air cylinder; heat; air; gas motor; compressed air; compressed; steam engine; cubic feet; scientific american; pressure; cubic feet; compressed; steam; air cylinder; engine; scientific american; piston; gas; cylinder; steam engine; gas motor; air compressors; compressor; heat; air compressor; compressed air; air;
- title - Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891
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Modern English Books of Power / Fitch, George Hamlin, 1852-1925
IN EUROPEAN HISTORY 3 Foremost English Essayist--His Style and Learning ... --Quaintest and Tenderest Essayist Whose Work Appeals to All Hearts. DICKENS, THE FOREMOST OF NOVELISTS details...- creator(s) - Fitch, George Hamlin, 1852-1925
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- subject(s) - thackeray; dickens; carlyle; kipling; george eliot; charlotte bronte; novels; scott; essays; lamb; jane eyre; george; poems; literary; george meredith; dickens; kipling; lamb; essays; thackeray; george eliot; jane eyre; charlotte bronte; literary; scott; carlyle; poems; novels; george meredith; george;
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Speeches / Dickens, Charles
that many of those who at first condemned me are now foremost in their approbation. If I have made ... of Scott and of Burns without having directly in his mind, as inseparable from the subject and foremost details...- creator(s) - Dickens, Charles
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- subject(s) - dickens; gentlemen; institution; english literature; dickens; gentlemen; english literature; institution;
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Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) / Jean Froissart, Thomas Malory, Raphael Holinshed
and Saint Denis.' They that were foremost tarried, but they that were behind would not tarry, but rode forth, and said how they would in no wise abide till they were as far forward as the foremost: and when they before saw them come on behind ... details...- creator(s) - Jean Froissart, Thomas Malory, Raphael Holinshed
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- subject(s) - galahad; launcelot; percivale; knight; knights; earl; king; englishmen; jesu christ; knights; knight; jesu christ; king; englishmen; earl; percivale; launcelot; galahad;
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