The Main Lines of American LiteratureRaymond Wright Short, Wilbur Stewart Scott Holt, 1954 - 648 pages |
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... heart yearned after the dam- sel who was to inherit these domains , and his imagination expanded with the idea , how ... heart 20 was confined ; all which he achieved as easily as a man would carve his way to the centre of a Christmas ...
... heart yearned after the dam- sel who was to inherit these domains , and his imagination expanded with the idea , how ... heart 20 was confined ; all which he achieved as easily as a man would carve his way to the centre of a Christmas ...
Page 297
... heart , Tarred and feathered and carried in a cart By the women of Marblehead ! 60 Through the street , on either side , Up flew windows , doors swung wide ; Sharp - tongued spinsters , old wives gray , Treble lent the fish - horn's ...
... heart , Tarred and feathered and carried in a cart By the women of Marblehead ! 60 Through the street , on either side , Up flew windows , doors swung wide ; Sharp - tongued spinsters , old wives gray , Treble lent the fish - horn's ...
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... heart , Rosicky protested . 66 ' So ? No , I guess my heart was always pretty good . I got a little asthma , maybe . Just a awful short breath when I was pitchin ' hay last summer , dat's all . " 66 Well now , Rosicky , if you know more ...
... heart , Rosicky protested . 66 ' So ? No , I guess my heart was always pretty good . I got a little asthma , maybe . Just a awful short breath when I was pitchin ' hay last summer , dat's all . " 66 Well now , Rosicky , if you know more ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 9 |
WILLIAM BRADFORD 20 | 20 |
NATHANIEL WARD 330 | 30 |
Copyright | |
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