The American Treasury, 1455-1955Clifton Fadiman Harper, 1955 - 1108 pages Anthology of quotations by Americans, or about America, classified by subject. |
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... death had visited our family , I knew that something of the gravest nature had occurred . His emotion was partly due to the knowledge that a man whom he had met and liked was gone , partly to the feeling that must possess all of our ...
... death had visited our family , I knew that something of the gravest nature had occurred . His emotion was partly due to the knowledge that a man whom he had met and liked was gone , partly to the feeling that must possess all of our ...
Page 579
... death Is solemnest of industries Enacted upon earth ; — The sweeping up the heart And putting love away We shall not want to use again Until eternity . " The Bustle in the House " Because I could not stop for Death , He kindly stopped ...
... death Is solemnest of industries Enacted upon earth ; — The sweeping up the heart And putting love away We shall not want to use again Until eternity . " The Bustle in the House " Because I could not stop for Death , He kindly stopped ...
Page 1092
... Death Be Not Proud , 797-798 Death in the Afternoon , 962-963 Death of a Salesman , The ( play ) , 231– 232 " Death of a Turret Gunner , The , " 617 " Death of Davy Crockett , The , " 469- 470 " Death of the Flowers , The , " 554 ...
... Death Be Not Proud , 797-798 Death in the Afternoon , 962-963 Death of a Salesman , The ( play ) , 231– 232 " Death of a Turret Gunner , The , " 617 " Death of Davy Crockett , The , " 469- 470 " Death of the Flowers , The , " 554 ...
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