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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... hear a sweep screaking ; or jumbled - up voices , it was so still , and sounds come so far ; and by and by you could see a streak on the water which you know by the look of the streak that there's a snag there in a swift current which ...
... hear a sweep screaking ; or jumbled - up voices , it was so still , and sounds come so far ; and by and by you could see a streak on the water which you know by the look of the streak that there's a snag there in a swift current which ...
Page 644
... hear you . Away , you rolling river , Oh Shenandoah , I love to hear you . Away , I'm bound away ' Cross the wide Missouri . " Shenandoah " I was seeing Nellie home , I was seeing Nellie home ; And ' twas from Aunt Dinah's quilting ...
... hear you . Away , you rolling river , Oh Shenandoah , I love to hear you . Away , I'm bound away ' Cross the wide Missouri . " Shenandoah " I was seeing Nellie home , I was seeing Nellie home ; And ' twas from Aunt Dinah's quilting ...
Page 997
... hear a man talk about himself because then I never hear anything but good . Everybody is ignorant , only on different subjects . So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip . I never met a man I ...
... hear a man talk about himself because then I never hear anything but good . Everybody is ignorant , only on different subjects . So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip . I never met a man I ...
Contents
WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
of Americans | 9 |
a Look at the Country | 65 |
Copyright | |
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