American Literature: From the beginning to 1860.-v. 2. From 1860 to the presentC. Scribner's Sons, 1948 |
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Page 510
... less than an hour he had quadrupled his debt . For some time his countenance had been losing the florid tinge lent it by the wine ; but now , to my astonishment , I perceived that it had grown to a pallor truly fearful . I say , to my ...
... less than an hour he had quadrupled his debt . For some time his countenance had been losing the florid tinge lent it by the wine ; but now , to my astonishment , I perceived that it had grown to a pallor truly fearful . I say , to my ...
Page 556
... less simply - less directly - less obvi- ously - less artistically - than through the reaction of the originating Act . Recurring , then , to a previous sugges- tion , let us understand the systems - let us understand each star , with ...
... less simply - less directly - less obvi- ously - less artistically - than through the reaction of the originating Act . Recurring , then , to a previous sugges- tion , let us understand the systems - let us understand each star , with ...
Page 1094
... less fitted for the post . Be it parenthesized here that since the mizzen - top - men have not to handle such breadths of heavy canvas as the lower sailors on the main- mast and fore - mast , a young man if of the right stuff not only ...
... less fitted for the post . Be it parenthesized here that since the mizzen - top - men have not to handle such breadths of heavy canvas as the lower sailors on the main- mast and fore - mast , a young man if of the right stuff not only ...
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