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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Page 100
... stand at Canal Street , in New York , and look up Broadway to Grace Church , and you have about the distance ; or , stand at Lake Street Bridge , in Chicago , and look down to the Central Depot , and you have it again . A thousand feet ...
... stand at Canal Street , in New York , and look up Broadway to Grace Church , and you have about the distance ; or , stand at Lake Street Bridge , in Chicago , and look down to the Central Depot , and you have it again . A thousand feet ...
Page 889
... stand on high bridges , chucking chips down wind , or they stand on the shore of a pond , tossing rocks endlessly at a floating bottle , or at a dead cat , observing closely every detail of their experiment , trying to make every stone ...
... stand on high bridges , chucking chips down wind , or they stand on the shore of a pond , tossing rocks endlessly at a floating bottle , or at a dead cat , observing closely every detail of their experiment , trying to make every stone ...
Page 1069
... stand , 555 Uniting we stand , 643 Unkillable infants of the very poor , 600 Up from the meadows rich with corn , 565 Useless , useless , 464 V Vanderhof , Grandpa , 229 Vere , Captain , 927 622 Very good in its way , Victory or death ...
... stand , 555 Uniting we stand , 643 Unkillable infants of the very poor , 600 Up from the meadows rich with corn , 565 Useless , useless , 464 V Vanderhof , Grandpa , 229 Vere , Captain , 927 622 Very good in its way , Victory or death ...
Contents
IN GENERAL | 9 |
IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
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