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It was of a spheroidical form , of about 40 feet diameter at the base , and had been of about twelve feet altitude , though now reduced by the plough to seven and a half , having been under cultivation about a dozen years .
It was of a spheroidical form , of about 40 feet diameter at the base , and had been of about twelve feet altitude , though now reduced by the plough to seven and a half , having been under cultivation about a dozen years .
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It was suddenly interrupted by the appearance of a negro , in tow - cloth jacket and trousers , a round - crowned fragment of a hat , like the cap of Mercury , and mounted on the back of a ragged , wild , half - broken colt , which he ...
It was suddenly interrupted by the appearance of a negro , in tow - cloth jacket and trousers , a round - crowned fragment of a hat , like the cap of Mercury , and mounted on the back of a ragged , wild , half - broken colt , which he ...
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And I honor the man who is willing to sink Half his present repute for the freedom to think , And , when he has thought , be his cause strong or weak , Will risk t ' other half for the freedom to speak , Caring naught for what vengeance ...
And I honor the man who is willing to sink Half his present repute for the freedom to think , And , when he has thought , be his cause strong or weak , Will risk t ' other half for the freedom to speak , Caring naught for what vengeance ...
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Contents
Four Early Travelers and Observers | 1 |
George Alsop 1638post 1666 | 27 |
Of the Situation and plenty | 34 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | American Literature: Tradition & Innovation, Volume 1 American Literature: Tradition & Innovation, Harrison T. Meserole |
| Editors | Harrison T. Meserole, Walter Sutton, Brom Weber |
| Compiled by | Harrison T. Meserole, Walter Sutton, Brom Weber |
| Publisher | Heath, 1969 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 1854 pages |
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