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This dangerous viper is from eight to ten inches in length , and of proportionable thickness . They are spiteful , snippish creatures ; and throwing themselves into a little coil , they swell and flatten themselves , continually darting ...
This dangerous viper is from eight to ten inches in length , and of proportionable thickness . They are spiteful , snippish creatures ; and throwing themselves into a little coil , they swell and flatten themselves , continually darting ...
Page 476
It appears evident , then , that there is a distinct limit , as regards length , to all works of literary art - the limit of a single sitting and that , although in certain classes of prose composition , such as ...
It appears evident , then , that there is a distinct limit , as regards length , to all works of literary art - the limit of a single sitting and that , although in certain classes of prose composition , such as ...
Page 478
I had now gone so far as the conception of a Raven - the bird of ill omen - monotonously repeating the one word , " Nevermore , " at the conclusion of each stanza , in a poem of melancholy tone , and in length about one hundred lines .
I had now gone so far as the conception of a Raven - the bird of ill omen - monotonously repeating the one word , " Nevermore , " at the conclusion of each stanza , in a poem of melancholy tone , and in length about one hundred lines .
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| Title | American Literature: An Anthology and Critical Survey, Volume 1 American Literature: An Anthology and Critical Survey, John Towner Frederick |
| Editors | Joe Lee Davis, John Towner Frederick, Frank Luther Mott |
| Compiled by | Joe Lee Davis, John Towner Frederick, Frank Luther Mott |
| Publisher | C. Scribner's Sons, 1948 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Dec 2006 |
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