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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... look up Broadway to Grace Church , and you have about the distance ; or , stand at Lake Street Bridge , in Chicago , and look down to the Central Depot , and you have it again . A thousand feet of this is up through granite crags , then ...
... look up Broadway to Grace Church , and you have about the distance ; or , stand at Lake Street Bridge , in Chicago , and look down to the Central Depot , and you have it again . A thousand feet of this is up through granite crags , then ...
Page 105
... look of the streak that there's a snag there in a swift current which breaks on it and makes that streak look that way ; and you see the mists curl up off the water , and the east reddens up , and the river , and you make out a log ...
... look of the streak that there's a snag there in a swift current which breaks on it and makes that streak look that way ; and you see the mists curl up off the water , and the east reddens up , and the river , and you make out a log ...
Page 478
... Look Homeward , Angel . Death Bent to Touch His Chosen Son with Mercy , Love , and Pity , and Put the Seal of Honor on Him When He Died . The Web and the Rock Inscription ... Look at the World An American's country 478 WE LOOK AT OURSELVES.
... Look Homeward , Angel . Death Bent to Touch His Chosen Son with Mercy , Love , and Pity , and Put the Seal of Honor on Him When He Died . The Web and the Rock Inscription ... Look at the World An American's country 478 WE LOOK AT OURSELVES.
Contents
WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
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