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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Page 396
... feeling pervading officers and men , that made me feel the full load of responsi- bility , for success would be accepted as a matter of course , whereas , should we fail , this " march " would be adjudged the wild adventure of a crazy ...
... feeling pervading officers and men , that made me feel the full load of responsi- bility , for success would be accepted as a matter of course , whereas , should we fail , this " march " would be adjudged the wild adventure of a crazy ...
Page 609
... feel the always coming on The always rising of the night To feel creep up the curving east The earthly chill of dusk and slow Upon those under lands the vast And ever climbing shadow grow And strange at Ecbatan the trees Take leaf by ...
... feel the always coming on The always rising of the night To feel creep up the curving east The earthly chill of dusk and slow Upon those under lands the vast And ever climbing shadow grow And strange at Ecbatan the trees Take leaf by ...
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... feel alarms me . I've never tried to land a plane without feel before . I want to open the throttle wider , to glide faster , to tauten the controls still more . But I glance at the dial - the needle points to eighty miles an hour . The ...
... feel alarms me . I've never tried to land a plane without feel before . I want to open the throttle wider , to glide faster , to tauten the controls still more . But I glance at the dial - the needle points to eighty miles an hour . The ...
Contents
of Americans | 9 |
a Look at the Country | 65 |
What We Live By | 113 |
Copyright | |
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