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... story ; for they were visably suggested to me by scenes I actually beheld while on the very coast where the story of Agatha occurred . " And the details from Clifford's diary account of the story that Melville believed should receive ...
... story ; for they were visably suggested to me by scenes I actually beheld while on the very coast where the story of Agatha occurred . " And the details from Clifford's diary account of the story that Melville believed should receive ...
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... story , mind , or my thoughts , but another's " ( 155 ) . And Egbert tells the story of " China Aster " with equal equivocation : " I will tell you about China Aster . I wish I could do so in my own words , but unhappily the original ...
... story , mind , or my thoughts , but another's " ( 155 ) . And Egbert tells the story of " China Aster " with equal equivocation : " I will tell you about China Aster . I wish I could do so in my own words , but unhappily the original ...
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... story of " A Soldier of Fortune " in chapter 19 ( told by himself ) also deals with a kind of behavior that a ... story , comparable to these in succinctness and tone , is told by Frank Goodman in the second half of the book . " The ...
... story of " A Soldier of Fortune " in chapter 19 ( told by himself ) also deals with a kind of behavior that a ... story , comparable to these in succinctness and tone , is told by Frank Goodman in the second half of the book . " The ...
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