American Literature Survey: The American romantics, 1800-1860Milton R. Stern, Seymour L. Gross Viking Press, 1968 - Fiction |
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... trees and lofty elms , from among which its decent whitewashed walls shine modestly forth , like Christian purity beaming through the shades of retirement . A gentle slope descends from it to a silver sheet of water , bordered by high ...
... trees and lofty elms , from among which its decent whitewashed walls shine modestly forth , like Christian purity beaming through the shades of retirement . A gentle slope descends from it to a silver sheet of water , bordered by high ...
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... trees . Over a deep black part of the stream , not far from the church , was formerly thrown a wooden bridge ; the road that led to it , and the bridge itself , were thickly shaded by overhanging trees , which cast a gloom about it ...
... trees . Over a deep black part of the stream , not far from the church , was formerly thrown a wooden bridge ; the road that led to it , and the bridge itself , were thickly shaded by overhanging trees , which cast a gloom about it ...
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... tree , which towered like a giant above all the other trees of the neigh- borhood , and formed a kind of landmark . Its limbs were gnarled , and fantastic , large enough to form trunks for ordi- nary trees , twisting down almost to the ...
... tree , which towered like a giant above all the other trees of the neigh- borhood , and formed a kind of landmark . Its limbs were gnarled , and fantastic , large enough to form trunks for ordi- nary trees , twisting down almost to the ...
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