American Literature: From the beginning to 1860.-v. 2. From 1860 to the presentC. Scribner's Sons, 1948 |
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Page 142
... length , and of proportionable thickness . They are spiteful , snippish creatures ; and throwing themselves into a little coil , they swell and flatten themselves , continually darting out their head ; and they seem capable of springing ...
... length , and of proportionable thickness . They are spiteful , snippish creatures ; and throwing themselves into a little coil , they swell and flatten themselves , continually darting out their head ; and they seem capable of springing ...
Page 476
... length for my intended poem - a length of about one hun- dred lines . It is , in fact , a hundred and eight . My next thought concerned the choice of an impression , or effect , to be conveyed : and here I may as well observe that ...
... length for my intended poem - a length of about one hun- dred lines . It is , in fact , a hundred and eight . My next thought concerned the choice of an impression , or effect , to be conveyed : and here I may as well observe that ...
Page 478
... length about one hundred lines . Now , never losing sight of the object supremeness , or perfec- tion , at all points , I have asked myself— " Of all melancholy topics , what , according to the universal understanding of mankind , is ...
... length about one hundred lines . Now , never losing sight of the object supremeness , or perfec- tion , at all points , I have asked myself— " Of all melancholy topics , what , according to the universal understanding of mankind , is ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
From The Vinland History of the Flat | 15 |
MARTIN WALDSEEMÜLLER | 23 |
Copyright | |
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