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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... talk about the little lands : the countries made out of islands in the sea , or river valleys , or a circle of mountains . " Map of Ireland ! " they say of a young Gael , meaning you'd know him for Irish anywhere by the light in his ...
... talk about the little lands : the countries made out of islands in the sea , or river valleys , or a circle of mountains . " Map of Ireland ! " they say of a young Gael , meaning you'd know him for Irish anywhere by the light in his ...
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... talk about food and middle - aged Italians talk about love . LUIGI BARZINI , JR . , Americans Are Alone in the World Intellectuals want , more than anything else , to be taken seriously , and Communism is the sole party to grant them ...
... talk about food and middle - aged Italians talk about love . LUIGI BARZINI , JR . , Americans Are Alone in the World Intellectuals want , more than anything else , to be taken seriously , and Communism is the sole party to grant them ...
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... talk French . " " Why , Huck , doan ' de French people talk de same way we does ? " " No , Jim ; you couldn't understand a word they said — not a single word . " " Well , now , I be ding - busted ! How do dat come ? " " I don't know ...
... talk French . " " Why , Huck , doan ' de French people talk de same way we does ? " " No , Jim ; you couldn't understand a word they said — not a single word . " " Well , now , I be ding - busted ! How do dat come ? " " I don't know ...
Contents
WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
Copyright | |
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