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Many Americans talk about fishing with the suspicious insistence with which middle - aged Frenchmen with stomach trouble talk about food and middle - aged Italians talk about love . LUIGI BARZINI , JR . , Americans Are Alone in the ...
Many Americans talk about fishing with the suspicious insistence with which middle - aged Frenchmen with stomach trouble talk about food and middle - aged Italians talk about love . LUIGI BARZINI , JR . , Americans Are Alone in the ...
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... Where the Lowells talk to the Cabots , And the Cabots talk only to God . " On the Aristocracy of Harvard " JOHN KENDRICK BANGS shiny blue Mek ' you think that Heav'n is comin ' I think mankind by thee would be less clost ter you .
... Where the Lowells talk to the Cabots , And the Cabots talk only to God . " On the Aristocracy of Harvard " JOHN KENDRICK BANGS shiny blue Mek ' you think that Heav'n is comin ' I think mankind by thee would be less clost ter you .
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Some of them gets on the police , and some of them learns people how to talk French . " " Why , Huck , doan ' de French people talk de same way we does ? " " No , Jim ; you couldn't understand a word they said — not a single word .
Some of them gets on the police , and some of them learns people how to talk French . " " Why , Huck , doan ' de French people talk de same way we does ? " " No , Jim ; you couldn't understand a word they said — not a single word .
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Contents
Introduction | 2 |
of Americans | 9 |
a Look at the Country | 65 |
Copyright | |
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American ANON asked beautiful become believe body called civilization comes common Constitution dead death earth equal experience eyes face fact father fear feel force freedom GEORGE give ground hand head hear heart HENRY hope human Ibid idea interest JAMES JOHN keep kind land leave less letter liberty light LINCOLN lines live look March MARK matter means mind nature never night once passed peace person play political race reason remember seemed sense side society soul speak speech spirit stand talk tell things thought tion tree true truth turn United universe whole write York young
Bibliographic information
| Title | The American Treasury, 1455-1955 |
| Editor | Clifton Fadiman |
| Compiled by | Clifton Fadiman |
| Publisher | Harper, 1955 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 11 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 1108 pages |
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