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 100
... stand at Canal Street , in New York , and 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 ...
... stand at Canal Street , in New York , and 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 ...
Page 268
... stand's so high , " he says , “ that a man don't never see a ball till it's right on top o ' you . " " Didn't you see that one ? " ast Cap . " Not at first , " says Ike ; " not till it raised up above the roof o ' the stand . " " Then ...
... stand's so high , " he says , “ that a man don't never see a ball till it's right on top o ' you . " " Didn't you see that one ? " ast Cap . " Not at first , " says Ike ; " not till it raised up above the roof o ' the stand . " " Then ...
Page 1069
... stand , 555 Uniting we stand , 643 Unkillable infants of the very poor , 600 Up from the meadows rich with corn , 565 Useless , useless , 464 V Vanderhof , Grandpa , 229 Vere , Captain , 927 Very good in its way , 622 Victory or death ...
... stand , 555 Uniting we stand , 643 Unkillable infants of the very poor , 600 Up from the meadows rich with corn , 565 Useless , useless , 464 V Vanderhof , Grandpa , 229 Vere , Captain , 927 Very good in its way , 622 Victory or death ...
Contents
WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
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