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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... play as hard as we work , sometimes harder . In the section At Play you will find a crazy - quilt assortment of the odd or bright or self - revealing things our entertainers have said ; the most famous lines from our most famous plays ...
... play as hard as we work , sometimes harder . In the section At Play you will find a crazy - quilt assortment of the odd or bright or self - revealing things our entertainers have said ; the most famous lines from our most famous plays ...
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... played King Lear . He played the King as though he expected someone to play the ace . " I do not play Lear . I play Hamlet , Richard , Shylock , Virginius , if you please , but by God , sir , I am Lear ! EDWIN FORREST , in his old age I ...
... played King Lear . He played the King as though he expected someone to play the ace . " I do not play Lear . I play Hamlet , Richard , Shylock , Virginius , if you please , but by God , sir , I am Lear ! EDWIN FORREST , in his old age I ...
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... ( play ) , 230 Germany Prepares for War , 531 Gettysburg Address ( Lincoln ) , 152 Giant , 56 " Gift Outright , The , " 594-595 " Girl with the Three Blue Eyes , The , " 665 " Git Along Little Dogies , " 654 Gitlow v . People of New York ...
... ( play ) , 230 Germany Prepares for War , 531 Gettysburg Address ( Lincoln ) , 152 Giant , 56 " Gift Outright , The , " 594-595 " Girl with the Three Blue Eyes , The , " 665 " Git Along Little Dogies , " 654 Gitlow v . People of New York ...
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