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 292
... words , new phrases , and for the transfer of old words to new objects . An Amer- ican dialect will therefore be formed . THOMAS JEFFERSON , letter to John Waldo , 1813 There are no annals for the historian ; no follies ( beyond the ...
... words , new phrases , and for the transfer of old words to new objects . An Amer- ican dialect will therefore be formed . THOMAS JEFFERSON , letter to John Waldo , 1813 There are no annals for the historian ; no follies ( beyond the ...
Page 463
... words as he is about his last breath . . . . There is hardly a case on record where a man came to his last moment unprepared and said a good thing - hardly a case where a man trusted to that last moment and did not make a solemn botch ...
... words as he is about his last breath . . . . There is hardly a case on record where a man came to his last moment unprepared and said a good thing - hardly a case where a man trusted to that last moment and did not make a solemn botch ...
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... word En - Masse , 569 The words in the books , 610 The world is my country , 789 The world must be made safe , 405 The world's an orphan's home , 604 The Yanks are coming , 661 The years creep slowly by , Lorena , 646 The Yellow Kid ...
... word En - Masse , 569 The words in the books , 610 The world is my country , 789 The world must be made safe , 405 The world's an orphan's home , 604 The Yanks are coming , 661 The years creep slowly by , Lorena , 646 The Yellow Kid ...
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IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
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