American Literature: From the beginning to 1860.-v. 2. From 1860 to the presentC. Scribner's Sons, 1948 |
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... father , and ask his intercession with the glorious virgin , as he had promised , not doubting in the least that he was in Heaven . He fell , then , upon his knees , made a short prayer , and having rev- erently taken some earth from ...
... father , and ask his intercession with the glorious virgin , as he had promised , not doubting in the least that he was in Heaven . He fell , then , upon his knees , made a short prayer , and having rev- erently taken some earth from ...
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... father on a journey to the Catskill Moun- tains , in the government of New - York ; having nearly ascended the peak of Giliad , being youthful and vigorous in the pursuit of botanical and novel objects , I had gained the summit of a ...
... father on a journey to the Catskill Moun- tains , in the government of New - York ; having nearly ascended the peak of Giliad , being youthful and vigorous in the pursuit of botanical and novel objects , I had gained the summit of a ...
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... father or a brother . And whilst he was publicly obliged to appear rejoiced at the secess of the Indians , he would privately lament the defeat of his own countrymen . The soul of Rachel was equally agitated . Alas ! who can describe ...
... father or a brother . And whilst he was publicly obliged to appear rejoiced at the secess of the Indians , he would privately lament the defeat of his own countrymen . The soul of Rachel was equally agitated . Alas ! who can describe ...
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