American Literature: Tradition & Innovation, Volume 1Harrison T. Meserole, Walter Sutton, Brom Weber |
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Page 227
... night before . Hoarse croaking Frogs27 did ' bout me ring , Such Peals the Dead to Life wou'd bring , A Noise might move their Wooden King . " I stuff'd my Ears with Cotten white For fear of being deaf out - right , And curst the ...
... night before . Hoarse croaking Frogs27 did ' bout me ring , Such Peals the Dead to Life wou'd bring , A Noise might move their Wooden King . " I stuff'd my Ears with Cotten white For fear of being deaf out - right , And curst the ...
Page 787
... night there , sleeping on the bare earth , beneath the open canopy of heaven . Indeed , a summer night requires no shelter in this favored climate ; and a bed is a superfluity which many of the hardy peasantry of Spain never enjoy , and ...
... night there , sleeping on the bare earth , beneath the open canopy of heaven . Indeed , a summer night requires no shelter in this favored climate ; and a bed is a superfluity which many of the hardy peasantry of Spain never enjoy , and ...
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... night . A lone woman is troubled with such dreams and such thoughts that she's afeared of herself sometimes . Pray tarry with me this night , dear husband , of all nights in the year . " " My love and my Faith , " replied young Goodman ...
... night . A lone woman is troubled with such dreams and such thoughts that she's afeared of herself sometimes . Pray tarry with me this night , dear husband , of all nights in the year . " " My love and my Faith , " replied young Goodman ...
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Four Early Travelers and Observers | 1 |
George Alsop 1638post 1666 | 27 |
Of the Situation and Plenty | 34 |
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