The Democratic Spirit: A Collection of American Writings from the Earliest Times to the Present DayBernard Smith A. A. Knopf, 1941 - 927 pages |
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... night , and the seamen take their watches four hours at a time . Rising to work in the night , it is not commonly pleasant in any case , but in dark rainy nights it is very dis- agreeable , even though each man were furnished with all ...
... night , and the seamen take their watches four hours at a time . Rising to work in the night , it is not commonly pleasant in any case , but in dark rainy nights it is very dis- agreeable , even though each man were furnished with all ...
Page 599
... night after the chores were done . Uncle Bird was grayer , and his eyes did not see so well , but he was still ... night fell , Uncle Bird told me how , on a night like that , " Thenie came wandering back to her home over yonder , to ...
... night after the chores were done . Uncle Bird was grayer , and his eyes did not see so well , but he was still ... night fell , Uncle Bird told me how , on a night like that , " Thenie came wandering back to her home over yonder , to ...
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... night . Yet I was skeptical , and could not believe in the magic . I asked Vassa the stable - hand whether the horse now woke at night , screaming . He said the horse didn't . But I was cured . That greedy , dirty , foolish old woman ...
... night . Yet I was skeptical , and could not believe in the magic . I asked Vassa the stable - hand whether the horse now woke at night , screaming . He said the horse didn't . But I was cured . That greedy , dirty , foolish old woman ...
Contents
ROGER WILLIAMS 1603?1683 | 5 |
BACONS MAN 1676 | 13 |
JOHN WISE 16521725 | 20 |
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