Wonders of bodily strength and skill : in all ages and all countries (1873)
Depping, Guillaume, 1829-1901, Russell, Charles, tr · New York : Scribner, Armstrong & Co. · leaf 196
eaming upon the shore the white limbs of Leander,whose dead body had been cast up by the waves upon thebeach. The ill-fated youth, losing sight of the beacon onthe tower, and unable to contend against the darkness andthe currents, had yielded up his latest breath to the waves.In her horror and… … Hero and Leander.(From a medal.) 192 WONDERS OF BODILY STRENGTH AND SKILL. in a boat. This mode of transit would certainly not havebeen so cheap, but it would have been much less dangerousand fatiguing. It may be said in answer that perhaps theyouth was anxious not to attract attention to his…
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