American Literature: From the beginning to 1860.-v. 2. From 1860 to the presentC. Scribner's Sons, 1948 |
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Page 1109
... present knowledge pretend to account for it at all. Even should one assume the hypothesis that, at the first touch of the halyards, the action of Budd's heart, intensified by extraordinary emotion at its climax, abruptly stopped—much ...
... present knowledge pretend to account for it at all. Even should one assume the hypothesis that, at the first touch of the halyards, the action of Budd's heart, intensified by extraordinary emotion at its climax, abruptly stopped—much ...
Page 1110
... present instance possibly implying a sullen revocation on the men's part of their involuntary echoing of Billy's benediction. But ere the murmur had time to wax into clamour it was met by a strategic command, the more telling that it ...
... present instance possibly implying a sullen revocation on the men's part of their involuntary echoing of Billy's benediction. But ere the murmur had time to wax into clamour it was met by a strategic command, the more telling that it ...
Page 1112
... present extraordinary necessities of the Service have caused to be admitted into it in considerable numbers. “The enormity of the crime and the extreme depravity of the criminal, appear the greater in view of the character of the victim ...
... present extraordinary necessities of the Service have caused to be admitted into it in considerable numbers. “The enormity of the crime and the extreme depravity of the criminal, appear the greater in view of the character of the victim ...
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