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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... night business . They eat all night , dance all night , build buildings all night , make a noise all night . They can't play . They try to , but they can't . They turn football into a fight : baseball into a law- suit and yachting into ...
... night business . They eat all night , dance all night , build buildings all night , make a noise all night . They can't play . They try to , but they can't . They turn football into a fight : baseball into a law- suit and yachting into ...
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... Night incessantly softly wash again , and ever again , this soil'd world ; With all the mournful voices of the dirges pour'd around the coffin , The dim - lit churches and the shud- dering organs - where amid these you journey , With ...
... Night incessantly softly wash again , and ever again , this soil'd world ; With all the mournful voices of the dirges pour'd around the coffin , The dim - lit churches and the shud- dering organs - where amid these you journey , With ...
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Clifton Fadiman. Learn to reverence night and to put away the vulgar fear of it , for , with the banishment of night from the experience of man , there vanishes as well a religious emotion , a poetic mood , which gives depth to the ...
Clifton Fadiman. Learn to reverence night and to put away the vulgar fear of it , for , with the banishment of night from the experience of man , there vanishes as well a religious emotion , a poetic mood , which gives depth to the ...
Contents
IN GENERAL | 9 |
IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
Copyright | |
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