The Main Lines of American LiteratureRaymond Wright Short, Wilbur Stewart Scott Holt, 1954 - 648 pages |
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... side , saying stand away to one another is a sufficient divorce . And in- deed those uncomely stand aways are too much in vogue among the English in this indulgent Colony , as their records plenti- fully prove , and that on very trivial ...
... side , saying stand away to one another is a sufficient divorce . And in- deed those uncomely stand aways are too much in vogue among the English in this indulgent Colony , as their records plenti- fully prove , and that on very trivial ...
Page 258
... side , and kicked lustily with the contrary foot : it was all in vain ; his steed started , it is true , but it was only to plunge to the opposite side of the road into a thicket of brambles and alder bushes . The school- master now ...
... side , and kicked lustily with the contrary foot : it was all in vain ; his steed started , it is true , but it was only to plunge to the opposite side of the road into a thicket of brambles and alder bushes . The school- master now ...
Page 259
... side of the road , jogging along on the blind side of old Gunpowder , who had now got over his fright and waywardness . plunged headlong down hill to the left . This road leads through a sandy hollow , shaded by trees for about a ...
... side of the road , jogging along on the blind side of old Gunpowder , who had now got over his fright and waywardness . plunged headlong down hill to the left . This road leads through a sandy hollow , shaded by trees for about a ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 9 |
WILLIAM BRADFORD 20 | 20 |
NATHANIEL WARD 330 | 30 |
Copyright | |
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