American Literature Survey: The American romantics, 1800-1860Milton R. Stern, Seymour L. Gross Viking Press, 1968 - Fiction |
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... head - upon which there was a general shaking of the head throughout the assemblage . It was determined , however , to take the opinion of old Peter Vanderdonk , who was seen slowly advancing up the road . He was a descendant of the ...
... head - upon which there was a general shaking of the head throughout the assemblage . It was determined , however , to take the opinion of old Peter Vanderdonk , who was seen slowly advancing up the road . He was a descendant of the ...
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... head . It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper , whose head had been carried away by a cannon - ball , in some nameless battle during the revolu- tionary war ; and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk , hurrying ...
... head . It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper , whose head had been carried away by a cannon - ball , in some nameless battle during the revolu- tionary war ; and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk , hurrying ...
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... head and heart ; Copulation is no more rank to me than death is . I believe in the flesh and the appetites , 520 Seeing , hearing , feeling , are miracles , and each part and tag of me is a miracle . Divine am I inside and out , and I ...
... head and heart ; Copulation is no more rank to me than death is . I believe in the flesh and the appetites , 520 Seeing , hearing , feeling , are miracles , and each part and tag of me is a miracle . Divine am I inside and out , and I ...
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