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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... mind . ANON . , 1836 If you hear an owl hoot " To whom " instead of " To who , " you can make up your mind he was born and educated in Boston . ANON . We say the cows laid out Boston . Well , there are worse surveyors . RALPH WALDO ...
... mind . ANON . , 1836 If you hear an owl hoot " To whom " instead of " To who , " you can make up your mind he was born and educated in Boston . ANON . We say the cows laid out Boston . Well , there are worse surveyors . RALPH WALDO ...
Page 675
... mind with exceeding sweet delight , and that she hardly cares for anything , except to meditate on him — that she expects after a while to be received up where he is , to be raised up out of the world and caught up into heaven ; being ...
... mind with exceeding sweet delight , and that she hardly cares for anything , except to meditate on him — that she expects after a while to be received up where he is , to be raised up out of the world and caught up into heaven ; being ...
Page 856
... mind ; the true ship is the ship- builder . Ibid . , " History " Every revolution was once a thought in one man's mind , and when the same thought occurs to another man , it is the key to that era . Every reform was once a private ...
... mind ; the true ship is the ship- builder . Ibid . , " History " Every revolution was once a thought in one man's mind , and when the same thought occurs to another man , it is the key to that era . Every reform was once a private ...
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