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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Page 349
... seemed ; " well , convey your friend out forthwith . Mind the grand crash ; it will soon be com- ing ; hark ! now ! away with him ! " Too late . The last dish had been seized . The yet unglutted mob raised a fierce yell , which wafted ...
... seemed ; " well , convey your friend out forthwith . Mind the grand crash ; it will soon be com- ing ; hark ! now ! away with him ! " Too late . The last dish had been seized . The yet unglutted mob raised a fierce yell , which wafted ...
Page 604
... seemed to me to be . “ Have times changed ? Has a spirit of unrest and complaining developed in the American farmer ? " I perceived the town from the triple viewpoint of a former resident , a man from the city , and a reformer , and ...
... seemed to me to be . “ Have times changed ? Has a spirit of unrest and complaining developed in the American farmer ? " I perceived the town from the triple viewpoint of a former resident , a man from the city , and a reformer , and ...
Page 866
... seemed that all his life he had dreamed of one day finding such a life as this , and now that he had found it , it seemed to him that all he had dreamed was but a poor and shabby counterfeit of this reality - all he had imaged as a boy ...
... seemed that all his life he had dreamed of one day finding such a life as this , and now that he had found it , it seemed to him that all he had dreamed was but a poor and shabby counterfeit of this reality - all he had imaged as a boy ...
Contents
ROGER WILLIAMS 1603?1683 | 5 |
BACONS MAN 1676 | 13 |
JOHN WISE 16521725 | 20 |
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