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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 172

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His name was Aristonico Caristo, and he livedseveral thousand years ago, in the most beau-tiful city in the world, Athens. Athens, as you know, was a city adornedwith wonderful sculpture, full of men and wo-men learned in art and great in literature; andstudents of Greek history believe that the… … ALFIERE, OR STANDARD-BEARER. DRUMMER. TRUMPETER. of the present day. But in addition to beinglearned and wise they were also a very strongand brave people, and, to fit themselves forwarfare whenever they should be called upon,they kept their bodies in a perfect condition ofhealth and their muscles…

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