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... American holly ( llex opaca ) WH Hodge metres tall ( nearly 50 feet ) , bears shining , spiny , dark , evergreen leaves and usually red fruits . Somewhat taller , American holly ( I. opaca ) has oblong , prickly leaves and usually red ...
... American holly ( llex opaca ) WH Hodge metres tall ( nearly 50 feet ) , bears shining , spiny , dark , evergreen leaves and usually red fruits . Somewhat taller , American holly ( I. opaca ) has oblong , prickly leaves and usually red ...
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... American letters , the cham- pion of literary realism , and the close friend and adviser of Mark Twain and Henry James . The son of an itinerant printer and newspa- per editor , Howells grew up in various Ohio towns and began work early ...
... American letters , the cham- pion of literary realism , and the close friend and adviser of Mark Twain and Henry James . The son of an itinerant printer and newspa- per editor , Howells grew up in various Ohio towns and began work early ...
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... American Friend ) and in the same year began to teach philosophy at Haverford College , where he remained until 1934. In 1897 , with the English Quaker John Wilhelm Rowntree , Jones made ambitious plans for a history of mysticism and ...
... American Friend ) and in the same year began to teach philosophy at Haverford College , where he remained until 1934. In 1897 , with the English Quaker John Wilhelm Rowntree , Jones made ambitious plans for a history of mysticism and ...
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