American Literature: An Anthology and Critical Survey, Volume 2Joe Lee Davis, John Towner Frederick, Frank Luther Mott C. Scribner's Sons, 1949 |
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Page 147
... hope or fear alike for ever pale . And thus from year to year , through hope and fear , With many a curse and many a secret tear , Striving in vain his cloud of debt to clear , At last He woke to find his foolish dreaming past , 175 And ...
... hope or fear alike for ever pale . And thus from year to year , through hope and fear , With many a curse and many a secret tear , Striving in vain his cloud of debt to clear , At last He woke to find his foolish dreaming past , 175 And ...
Page 328
... hope for that once , but not now ; though he thought he could navigate a ship . Only let him get his family together again , and he would - yes , he would try to do something ashore . No car had yet come in sight , and so the ...
... hope for that once , but not now ; though he thought he could navigate a ship . Only let him get his family together again , and he would - yes , he would try to do something ashore . No car had yet come in sight , and so the ...
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... hope , an almost boundless optimism , an almost indestructible belief that something is bound to turn up , something is sure to happen . This is a peculiar quality of the American soul , and it contributes largely to the strange enigma ...
... hope , an almost boundless optimism , an almost indestructible belief that something is bound to turn up , something is sure to happen . This is a peculiar quality of the American soul , and it contributes largely to the strange enigma ...
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AMERICAN LITERATURE 18601900 | 1 |
ABRAHAM LINCOLN | 15 |
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