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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... kind of quote pro quid . Much of our conversation is but a series of dittos , often typed on fifth carbons . This kind of quotation is socially acceptable , indeed in some circles mandatory . I do not quarrel with it . Long before we ...
... kind of quote pro quid . Much of our conversation is but a series of dittos , often typed on fifth carbons . This kind of quotation is socially acceptable , indeed in some circles mandatory . I do not quarrel with it . Long before we ...
Page 235
... kind of interested in this because some scientific fellas have found a way of painting all that reading matter with a kind of glue - silicate glue — that'll make it keep a thousand - two thousand years . We're putting in a Bible ...
... kind of interested in this because some scientific fellas have found a way of painting all that reading matter with a kind of glue - silicate glue — that'll make it keep a thousand - two thousand years . We're putting in a Bible ...
Page 588
... kind . Because your lover threw wild hands toward the sky And the affrighted steed ran on alone , Do not weep . War is kind . " War Is Kind " I stood upon a high place , And saw , below , many devils . Running , leaping , And carousing ...
... kind . Because your lover threw wild hands toward the sky And the affrighted steed ran on alone , Do not weep . War is kind . " War Is Kind " I stood upon a high place , And saw , below , many devils . Running , leaping , And carousing ...
Contents
WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
of Americans | 9 |
a Look at the Country | 65 |
Copyright | |
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