American Literature Survey: The American romantics, 1800-1860Milton R. Stern, Seymour L. Gross Viking Press, 1968 - Fiction |
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... Billy Budd , a certain grim internal merriment set all his ancient wrinkles into antic play . Was it that his ... Billy . Nor was this only because of a certain phil- osophic interest in such a character . There was another cause . While ...
... Billy Budd , a certain grim internal merriment set all his ancient wrinkles into antic play . Was it that his ... Billy . Nor was this only because of a certain phil- osophic interest in such a character . There was another cause . While ...
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... Billy took him to be , and correctly , for one of the afterguard . " Hist ! Billy , " said the man in the same quick cautionary whisper as before ; " You were impressed , weren't you ? Well , so was I ; " and he paused , as to mark the ...
... Billy took him to be , and correctly , for one of the afterguard . " Hist ! Billy , " said the man in the same quick cautionary whisper as before ; " You were impressed , weren't you ? Well , so was I ; " and he paused , as to mark the ...
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... Billy's impetuous question , tho ' now repeated , for it was his wont to relapse into grim silence when interro ... Billy on board the Bellipotent , the young sailor was ready to ascribe them to almost anybody but the man who , to use ...
... Billy's impetuous question , tho ' now repeated , for it was his wont to relapse into grim silence when interro ... Billy on board the Bellipotent , the young sailor was ready to ascribe them to almost anybody but the man who , to use ...
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