American Literature: From the beginning to 1860.-v. 2. From 1860 to the presentC. Scribner's Sons, 1948 |
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Page 90
... taken . It seems to be a bait the devil lays to make men lose their precious time ; I remember with shame how , formerly , when I had taken two or three pipes , I was presently ready for another , such a bewitching thing it is ; but I ...
... taken . It seems to be a bait the devil lays to make men lose their precious time ; I remember with shame how , formerly , when I had taken two or three pipes , I was presently ready for another , such a bewitching thing it is ; but I ...
Page 98
... taken , and the scalp of her head taken off , and her skull broken , and left for dead with others . Some of the Indians escaping , came to their fellows ; and with a party of men , they went forth to bring off the dead bodies , where ...
... taken , and the scalp of her head taken off , and her skull broken , and left for dead with others . Some of the Indians escaping , came to their fellows ; and with a party of men , they went forth to bring off the dead bodies , where ...
Page 258
... taken from both appetites . " In other words , they reflect , respectively , the two extreme attitudes taken by Bacon's contemporaries toward his character and exploits - one the attitude of democratic myth - making and the other that ...
... taken from both appetites . " In other words , they reflect , respectively , the two extreme attitudes taken by Bacon's contemporaries toward his character and exploits - one the attitude of democratic myth - making and the other that ...
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