The American Treasury, 1455-1955Clifton Fadiman Harper, 1955 - 1108 pages Anthology of quotations by Americans, or about America, classified by subject. |
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... father and I , is a liar , insulting innocent dead men who have been brave in their life . Remember and know also , Dante , that if your father and I would have been cowards and hypocrits and rinnegetors of our faith , we would not have ...
... father and I , is a liar , insulting innocent dead men who have been brave in their life . Remember and know also , Dante , that if your father and I would have been cowards and hypocrits and rinnegetors of our faith , we would not have ...
Page 650
... FATHER ABRAM J. RYAN Furl that Banner for ' tis weary , Round its staff ' tis drooping dreary , Furl it , fold it ... Father , dear Father , come home with me now ! The clock in the steeple strikes one . You said you were coming right ...
... FATHER ABRAM J. RYAN Furl that Banner for ' tis weary , Round its staff ' tis drooping dreary , Furl it , fold it ... Father , dear Father , come home with me now ! The clock in the steeple strikes one . You said you were coming right ...
Page 885
... Father counted on Mother to get him in . That was her affair . Ibid . Father declared he was going to buy a new plot in the cemetery , a plot all for himself . " And I'll buy one on a corner , " he added triumphantly , " where I can get ...
... Father counted on Mother to get him in . That was her affair . Ibid . Father declared he was going to buy a new plot in the cemetery , a plot all for himself . " And I'll buy one on a corner , " he added triumphantly , " where I can get ...
Contents
of Americans | 9 |
a Look at the Country | 65 |
What We Live By | 113 |
Copyright | |
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