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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... lines from Democracy and Leadership by Irving Babbitt ; lines from The Course of Empire and The Hour by Bernard DeVoto ; lines from Mr. Roberts by Thomas Heggen ; se- lections from " The Sisters , " " Patterns " and " A Lady " by Amy ...
... lines from Democracy and Leadership by Irving Babbitt ; lines from The Course of Empire and The Hour by Bernard DeVoto ; lines from Mr. Roberts by Thomas Heggen ; se- lections from " The Sisters , " " Patterns " and " A Lady " by Amy ...
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... lines from Collected Poems by Vachel Lindsay ; lines from " Poetry , " " In Distrust of Merits , " " Silence " and " A Carriage from Sweden " from Collected Poems by Marianne Moore ; lines from “ Ben Jonson Entertains a Man from ...
... lines from Collected Poems by Vachel Lindsay ; lines from " Poetry , " " In Distrust of Merits , " " Silence " and " A Carriage from Sweden " from Collected Poems by Marianne Moore ; lines from “ Ben Jonson Entertains a Man from ...
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... lines from The World's Body by John Crowe Ran- som ; " Miniver Cheevy , " " Uncle Ananias " and " The Master " from ... lines from My Host the World by George Santayana , Copyright 1953 by Charles Scribner's Sons ; lines from Poems by ...
... lines from The World's Body by John Crowe Ran- som ; " Miniver Cheevy , " " Uncle Ananias " and " The Master " from ... lines from My Host the World by George Santayana , Copyright 1953 by Charles Scribner's Sons ; lines from Poems by ...
Contents
WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
of Americans | 9 |
a Look at the Country | 65 |
Copyright | |
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