The Main Lines of American LiteratureRaymond Wright Short, Wilbur Stewart Scott Holt, 1954 - 648 pages |
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Page 345
... mother knows her child , though the Manneyto denies him . O boy - O boy , boy , boy ! " And she sobbed like an infant on his neck . - strike the heart of thy son ? " he asked , with a something of reluctance to receive death . from the ...
... mother knows her child , though the Manneyto denies him . O boy - O boy , boy , boy ! " And she sobbed like an infant on his neck . - strike the heart of thy son ? " he asked , with a something of reluctance to receive death . from the ...
Page 512
... mother with a stormy exulta- tion that would have frightened any creature less unimpressionable than a cat . Her mother rocked herself again for an interval of cogitation . What she arrived at in speech was , " Well , I guess you've ...
... mother with a stormy exulta- tion that would have frightened any creature less unimpressionable than a cat . Her mother rocked herself again for an interval of cogitation . What she arrived at in speech was , " Well , I guess you've ...
Page 534
... mother ! " That Sunday evening before she went to meeting her mother took some old wide lace out of her bureau drawer . " There , " said she , " I'm goin ' to sew this in your neck an ' sleeves before you put your dress on . It'll cover ...
... mother ! " That Sunday evening before she went to meeting her mother took some old wide lace out of her bureau drawer . " There , " said she , " I'm goin ' to sew this in your neck an ' sleeves before you put your dress on . It'll cover ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 9 |
WILLIAM BRADFORD 20 | 20 |
NATHANIEL WARD 330 | 30 |
Copyright | |
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