American Literature: Tradition & Innovation, Volume 1Harrison T. Meserole, Walter Sutton, Brom Weber |
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... once more upon the great thorough- fare whence we had started - the street of the D Hotel . It no longer wore , however , the same aspect . It was still brilliant with gas ; but the rain fell fiercely , and there were few persons to be ...
... once more upon the great thorough- fare whence we had started - the street of the D Hotel . It no longer wore , however , the same aspect . It was still brilliant with gas ; but the rain fell fiercely , and there were few persons to be ...
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... once the popular and the critical taste . We commence , then , with this intention . The initial consideration was that of extent . If any literary work is too long to be read at one sitting , we must be content to dispense with the ...
... once the popular and the critical taste . We commence , then , with this intention . The initial consideration was that of extent . If any literary work is too long to be read at one sitting , we must be content to dispense with the ...
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... once mighty Assyria but the hoot of the owl that nests amid her crumbling palaces . Of Carthage , whose merchant - fleets once furled their sails in every port of the known world , nothing is left but the deeds of Han- nibal . She lies ...
... once mighty Assyria but the hoot of the owl that nests amid her crumbling palaces . Of Carthage , whose merchant - fleets once furled their sails in every port of the known world , nothing is left but the deeds of Han- nibal . She lies ...
Contents
Four Early Travelers and Observers | 1 |
George Alsop 1638post 1666 | 27 |
Of the Situation and Plenty | 34 |
Copyright | |
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