The Main Lines of American LiteratureRaymond Wright Short, Wilbur Stewart Scott Holt, 1954 - 648 pages |
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... head issuing from many mountains . The next night I lodged at a hunting town . of Powhatan's , and the next day arrived at Werowacomoco upon the river of Pamunkey , where the great king is resident . By the way we passed by the top of ...
... head issuing from many mountains . The next night I lodged at a hunting town . of Powhatan's , and the next day arrived at Werowacomoco upon the river of Pamunkey , where the great king is resident . By the way we passed by the top of ...
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... head . You've push'd and turn'd the whole world up- Side down , and got yourselves at top , While all the great ones of your state Are crush'd beneath the popular weight ; Nor can you boast , this present hour , The shadow of the form ...
... head . You've push'd and turn'd the whole world up- Side down , and got yourselves at top , While all the great ones of your state Are crush'd beneath the popular weight ; Nor can you boast , this present hour , The shadow of the form ...
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... head , shrugged his shoulders , and cast up his eyes , which might pass either for an expression of resignation to his fate , or joy at his deliverance . He used to tell his story to every stranger that arrived at Mr. Doolittle's hotel ...
... head , shrugged his shoulders , and cast up his eyes , which might pass either for an expression of resignation to his fate , or joy at his deliverance . He used to tell his story to every stranger that arrived at Mr. Doolittle's hotel ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 9 |
WILLIAM BRADFORD 20 | 20 |
NATHANIEL WARD 330 | 30 |
Copyright | |
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