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Even at their homes the nation depends for food , through a certain part of every year , on the gleanings of the forest : that is , they experience a famine once in every year . With all animals , if the female be badly fed , or not fed ...
Even at their homes the nation depends for food , through a certain part of every year , on the gleanings of the forest : that is , they experience a famine once in every year . With all animals , if the female be badly fed , or not fed ...
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10 In yonder chamber , half to ruin gone , Once stood the ancient housewife's curtained bedTimely the prudent matron has withdrawn , And each domestic comfort with her fled . 15 The trees , the flowers that her own hands had reared ...
10 In yonder chamber , half to ruin gone , Once stood the ancient housewife's curtained bedTimely the prudent matron has withdrawn , And each domestic comfort with her fled . 15 The trees , the flowers that her own hands had reared ...
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The tower of the Infantas , once the residence of the three beautiful Moorish princesses , partook of the general desolation ; the spider spun her web athwart the gilded vault , and bats and owls nestled in those chambers that had been ...
The tower of the Infantas , once the residence of the three beautiful Moorish princesses , partook of the general desolation ; the spider spun her web athwart the gilded vault , and bats and owls nestled in those chambers that had been ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Colonial and Federalist American Writing Odyssey surveys of American writing |
| Authors | George F. Horner, Robert A. Bain |
| Editors | George F. Horner, Robert A. Bain |
| Publisher | Odyssey Press, 1966 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 946 pages |
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