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... Look Back ( 1937 ) . None Shall Look Back is perhaps the most austere and uncom- promising novel about the Civil War that we possess . Its mood is summed up in the words of one of the characters , Cally , when she says : ' There's just ...
... Look Back ( 1937 ) . None Shall Look Back is perhaps the most austere and uncom- promising novel about the Civil War that we possess . Its mood is summed up in the words of one of the characters , Cally , when she says : ' There's just ...
Page 137
... look down on - that is the clue to the whole thing . It is a sad commentary on human nature but every man has to have somebody to look down on . So the Sammy Lanks of this world only have the Nigra to look down on . You see , J. T. , it ...
... look down on - that is the clue to the whole thing . It is a sad commentary on human nature but every man has to have somebody to look down on . So the Sammy Lanks of this world only have the Nigra to look down on . You see , J. T. , it ...
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... look deepened on Alastair's face , the look of a victorious commander , giving permission to loot a city , a look of brutality , pleasure , and recklessness , all masked and stilled by pride . He too is an expression of the ' collective ...
... look deepened on Alastair's face , the look of a victorious commander , giving permission to loot a city , a look of brutality , pleasure , and recklessness , all masked and stilled by pride . He too is an expression of the ' collective ...
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