The Reader's Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia of World Literature and the Arts, Volumes 1-4William Rose Benét |
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Page 42
... story ; see ATALANTA'S RACE ; HESPER- IDES . Of course , the story of Eve and the apple will be familiar to every reader , but it is a mistake to suppose that the apple is mentioned in the Bible story . We have no further particu- lars ...
... story ; see ATALANTA'S RACE ; HESPER- IDES . Of course , the story of Eve and the apple will be familiar to every reader , but it is a mistake to suppose that the apple is mentioned in the Bible story . We have no further particu- lars ...
Page 496
... story a week at the rate of $ 100 a story - a contract which the author fulfilled . In his early career he was a newspaperman and bank - clerk , and served a prison term in Ohio ( 1898-1901 ) for embezzlement , although it is said that ...
... story a week at the rate of $ 100 a story - a contract which the author fulfilled . In his early career he was a newspaperman and bank - clerk , and served a prison term in Ohio ( 1898-1901 ) for embezzlement , although it is said that ...
Page 633
... story to point out the folly of wickedness . Life - in - Death . A phantom in Coleridge's ANCIENT MARINER who throws dice with Death and wins the Mariner , though his com- rades fall to Death's lot . Her lips were red , her looks were ...
... story to point out the folly of wickedness . Life - in - Death . A phantom in Coleridge's ANCIENT MARINER who throws dice with Death and wins the Mariner , though his com- rades fall to Death's lot . Her lips were red , her looks were ...
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