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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... comes ! " Every neck is stretched farther and every eye strained wider . Away across the endless dead level of the prairie a black speck appears against the sky , and it is plain that it moves . Well , I should think so ! In a second or ...
... comes ! " Every neck is stretched farther and every eye strained wider . Away across the endless dead level of the prairie a black speck appears against the sky , and it is plain that it moves . Well , I should think so ! In a second or ...
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... comes sweet intoxication to drown the memory of the past , but mere saturation and water - logged dullness and distension . Still the most aldermanic , and with his chin upon a pad , which answers for a napkin to his drooling chaps ...
... comes sweet intoxication to drown the memory of the past , but mere saturation and water - logged dullness and distension . Still the most aldermanic , and with his chin upon a pad , which answers for a napkin to his drooling chaps ...
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... comes , and probably for years , 586 He comes from Appomattox , 624 He didn't stay bought , 342 He done her wrong , 656 He drew a circle that shut me out , 583 He has ants in his pants , 503 He jes ' keep rollin ' along , 664 He Kept Us ...
... comes , and probably for years , 586 He comes from Appomattox , 624 He didn't stay bought , 342 He done her wrong , 656 He drew a circle that shut me out , 583 He has ants in his pants , 503 He jes ' keep rollin ' along , 664 He Kept Us ...
Contents
WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
of Americans | 9 |
a Look at the Country | 65 |
Copyright | |
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