The American Heritage History of the Making of the NationAmerican Heritage Publishing Company; book trade distribution by Simon and Schuster, 1968 - United States - 416 pages |
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Page 172
... never reaches these poor wanderers ; the bright prospect of distant hills fading away into the semblance of clouds , never cheered their sight : they are tall and pale , like vegetables that grow in a vault , pining for light . The man ...
... never reaches these poor wanderers ; the bright prospect of distant hills fading away into the semblance of clouds , never cheered their sight : they are tall and pale , like vegetables that grow in a vault , pining for light . The man ...
Page 276
... never seen an ele- phant . When the circus came to town , he loaded his wagon with produce , hitched up his horse , and set out to view this strange beast . But at the first glimpse of the traveling menagerie his horse bolted ...
... never seen an ele- phant . When the circus came to town , he loaded his wagon with produce , hitched up his horse , and set out to view this strange beast . But at the first glimpse of the traveling menagerie his horse bolted ...
Page 359
... never had much affection for his lackluster father . The intervals the boy spent at the backwoods schools never added up to more than a year . He read the few books available in his primitive community : Parson Weems's Life of ...
... never had much affection for his lackluster father . The intervals the boy spent at the backwoods schools never added up to more than a year . He read the few books available in his primitive community : Parson Weems's Life of ...
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