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Page 202
... interest of the scene was also not a little heightened by the prospect of M'Connel's Ville , which we were approaching . This apparently de- lightful little town appeared secluded from the rest of the world , and one might have imagined ...
... interest of the scene was also not a little heightened by the prospect of M'Connel's Ville , which we were approaching . This apparently de- lightful little town appeared secluded from the rest of the world , and one might have imagined ...
Page 418
... interest . All knew that this interest was , somehow , the cause of the war . To strengthen , perpetuate , and ex- tend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union , even by war ; while the government ...
... interest . All knew that this interest was , somehow , the cause of the war . To strengthen , perpetuate , and ex- tend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union , even by war ; while the government ...
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... interest charge . 3. An extremely high rate of interest . V valid.i.ty ( və lidʼət · ē ) , n . based on fact . The quality of being van.quish ( vang'kwish ) , v . To defeat ; conquer ; overcome . van.quished , adj . vaunt ( vont ) , v ...
... interest charge . 3. An extremely high rate of interest . V valid.i.ty ( və lidʼət · ē ) , n . based on fact . The quality of being van.quish ( vang'kwish ) , v . To defeat ; conquer ; overcome . van.quished , adj . vaunt ( vont ) , v ...
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Carl Sandburg Chicago | 34 |
William Saroyan The Oyster and the Pearl | 60 |
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