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Now what should an old woman wish for , when she can go but step or two before she comes to her grave ? Children , it will haunt me night and day till I tell you . " “ What is it , mother ? ” cried the husband and wife at once .
Now what should an old woman wish for , when she can go but step or two before she comes to her grave ? Children , it will haunt me night and day till I tell you . " “ What is it , mother ? ” cried the husband and wife at once .
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“ I pray you , good Sir , ” said he , “ who is this woman ? ... Will it please you , therefore , to tell me of Hester Prynne's , -have I her name rightly ? of this woman's offences , and what has brought her to yonder scaffold ?
“ I pray you , good Sir , ” said he , “ who is this woman ? ... Will it please you , therefore , to tell me of Hester Prynne's , -have I her name rightly ? of this woman's offences , and what has brought her to yonder scaffold ?
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As concerned her own individual existence , she had long ago decided in the negative , and dismissed the point as settled . A tendency to speculation , though it may keep woman quiet , as it does man , yet makes her sad .
As concerned her own individual existence , she had long ago decided in the negative , and dismissed the point as settled . A tendency to speculation , though it may keep woman quiet , as it does man , yet makes her sad .
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Contents
The Literature of the Colonies and the Revolution | 3 |
WILLIAM BRADFORD 15901657 | 14 |
ANNE BRADSTREET 1612?1672 | 32 |
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| Title | The American Tradition in Literature: Bradford to Lincoln Norton book Volume 1 of The American Tradition in Literature, Richmond Croom Beatty |
| Editors | Sculley Bradley, Richmond Croom Beatty, Eugene Hudson Long |
| Compiled by | Sculley Bradley, Richmond Croom Beatty, Eugene Hudson Long |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Norton, 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 3505 pages |
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