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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Clifton Fadiman. Let the tent be struck . I always talk better lying down . ROBERT E. LEE , October 12 , 1870 JAMES MADISON , June 28 , 1836 Why should I talk to you ? I've just been talking to your boss . WILSON MIZNER , to a priest ...
Clifton Fadiman. Let the tent be struck . I always talk better lying down . ROBERT E. LEE , October 12 , 1870 JAMES MADISON , June 28 , 1836 Why should I talk to you ? I've just been talking to your boss . WILSON MIZNER , to a priest ...
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... talk about food and middle - aged Italians talk about love . LUIGI BARZINI , JR . , Americans Are Alone in the World Intellectuals want , more than anything else , to be taken seriously , and Communism is the sole party to grant them ...
... talk about food and middle - aged Italians talk about love . LUIGI BARZINI , JR . , Americans Are Alone in the World Intellectuals want , more than anything else , to be taken seriously , and Communism is the sole party to grant them ...
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... talk French . " " Why , Huck , doan ' de French people talk de same way we does ? " " No , Jim ; you couldn't understand a word they said - not a single word . " " Well , now , I be ding - busted ! How do dat come ? " " I don't know ...
... talk French . " " Why , Huck , doan ' de French people talk de same way we does ? " " No , Jim ; you couldn't understand a word they said - not a single word . " " Well , now , I be ding - busted ! How do dat come ? " " I don't know ...
Contents
WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
of Americans | 9 |
a Look at the Country | 65 |
Copyright | |
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