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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Page 105
... 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 386
... hear of natural blasts and mildews , war , pestilence , and famine , than to hear gentlemen talk of se- cession . To break up this great government ! to dismember this glorious country ! to astonish Europe with an act of folly such as ...
... hear of natural blasts and mildews , war , pestilence , and famine , than to hear gentlemen talk of se- cession . To break up this great government ! to dismember this glorious country ! to astonish Europe with an act of folly such as ...
Page 1096
... Hear America Singing , " 568 " I Hear It Was Charged Against Me , " 572 " I Like Americans , " 606-607 " I like my body , " 610 " I Like to See It Lap the Miles , " 577 " I Never Even Suggested It , " 634 " I Never Saw a Moor , " 577 ...
... Hear America Singing , " 568 " I Hear It Was Charged Against Me , " 572 " I Like Americans , " 606-607 " I like my body , " 610 " I Like to See It Lap the Miles , " 577 " I Never Even Suggested It , " 634 " I Never Saw a Moor , " 577 ...
Contents
WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
Copyright | |
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