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 489
... America . THOMAS JEFFERSON are henceforth not to be considered as • The American continents subjects for future colonization by any European powers . . . . We owe it , therefore , to candor , and to the amicable relations existing ...
... America . THOMAS JEFFERSON are henceforth not to be considered as • The American continents subjects for future colonization by any European powers . . . . We owe it , therefore , to candor , and to the amicable relations existing ...
Page 513
... American . SAMUEL JOHNSON , quoted by Boswell , Life [ The Americans ] are a race of convicts , and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging . SAMUEL JOHNSON , Ibid . Indeed , although in my travels I saw very ...
... American . SAMUEL JOHNSON , quoted by Boswell , Life [ The Americans ] are a race of convicts , and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging . SAMUEL JOHNSON , Ibid . Indeed , although in my travels I saw very ...
Page 543
... American poet , but it is an influence that works largely by indirection , through later writers . On the other hand , hundreds of thousands of Americans who have never read and perhaps never will read Whitman are unconsciously aware of ...
... American poet , but it is an influence that works largely by indirection , through later writers . On the other hand , hundreds of thousands of Americans who have never read and perhaps never will read Whitman are unconsciously aware of ...
Contents
WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
of Americans | 9 |
a Look at the Country | 65 |
Copyright | |
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