American Literature: Tradition & Innovation, Volume 2Harrison T. Meserole, Walter Sutton, Brom Weber |
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... authorities does , is to saw the bed - leg in two , and leave it just so , and swallow the sawdust , so it can't be found , and put some dirt and grease around the sawed place so the very keenest seneskal can't see no sign of it's being ...
... authorities does , is to saw the bed - leg in two , and leave it just so , and swallow the sawdust , so it can't be found , and put some dirt and grease around the sawed place so the very keenest seneskal can't see no sign of it's being ...
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... authority , no embodiment of the State . Enormous streets , comme toujours , 65 lined with little red houses where nothing ever passes but the tramway . The Capitol - a vast structure , false classic , white marble , iron and stucco ...
... authority , no embodiment of the State . Enormous streets , comme toujours , 65 lined with little red houses where nothing ever passes but the tramway . The Capitol - a vast structure , false classic , white marble , iron and stucco ...
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... authority she has left , the family and the Boston streets and the history hanging upon them , and she has left it , to be caught in a more terrifying authority , a greater demand . This is all of course beneath words , would be ...
... authority she has left , the family and the Boston streets and the history hanging upon them , and she has left it , to be caught in a more terrifying authority , a greater demand . This is all of course beneath words , would be ...
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Pioneers of the Modern | 1855 |
Song of Myself | 1861 |
Children of Adam | 1908 |
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