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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... comes ! " Every neck is stretched farther and every eye strained wider . Away across the endless dead level of the prairie a black speck appears against the sky , and it is plain that it moves . Well , I should think so ! In a second or ...
... comes ! " Every neck is stretched farther and every eye strained wider . Away across the endless dead level of the prairie a black speck appears against the sky , and it is plain that it moves . Well , I should think so ! In a second or ...
Page 105
... come . Not a sound anywheres - perfectly still— just like the whole world was asleep , only sometimes the bullfrogs a ... comes fanning you from over there , so cool and fresh and sweet to smell on account of the woods and the flowers ...
... come . Not a sound anywheres - perfectly still— just like the whole world was asleep , only sometimes the bullfrogs a ... comes fanning you from over there , so cool and fresh and sweet to smell on account of the woods and the flowers ...
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... come as a gift , not as a thing procured for a ticket that constitutes a promise and imposes a sort of pledge . I ... comes from long perspectives and broad foundations . Everything shines then for the spirit by its own light in its ...
... come as a gift , not as a thing procured for a ticket that constitutes a promise and imposes a sort of pledge . I ... comes from long perspectives and broad foundations . Everything shines then for the spirit by its own light in its ...
Contents
WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
Copyright | |
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