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... appeared anonymously , no one doubted that Franklin was the author . Only one man alive could write so scathingly and so well . His family and friends , too , help us know him : his devoted wife , the sophisti- cated French noblewomen ...
... appeared anonymously , no one doubted that Franklin was the author . Only one man alive could write so scathingly and so well . His family and friends , too , help us know him : his devoted wife , the sophisti- cated French noblewomen ...
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... appeared in a European traveler's account of his journey " in the interior of North America . " and indeed the whole Union , the con- nection of the old and new sections being at present materially impeded by excessively bad roads . At ...
... appeared in a European traveler's account of his journey " in the interior of North America . " and indeed the whole Union , the con- nection of the old and new sections being at present materially impeded by excessively bad roads . At ...
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... appeared , he loved nature . He could not help noticing with sorrow the desecrating hand of im- provement as he passed along , and half so- liloquizing , and half addressing his compan- ions , he broke forth : " I knew these parts afore ...
... appeared , he loved nature . He could not help noticing with sorrow the desecrating hand of im- provement as he passed along , and half so- liloquizing , and half addressing his compan- ions , he broke forth : " I knew these parts afore ...
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APPROACHING AMERICAN | 1 |
Carl Sandburg Chicago | 34 |
William Saroyan The Oyster and the Pearl | 60 |
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