The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 63Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Century Company, 1902 - American literature |
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... ground . " She ' s up with Mis ' Van Atter , " her mother answered , diverted . " Mis ' Van At- ter likes to hev her there fer comp'ny . It's wunnerful how they get on . She'll be back , I tek it , arter dinner . I kinder looked fer her ...
... ground . " She ' s up with Mis ' Van Atter , " her mother answered , diverted . " Mis ' Van At- ter likes to hev her there fer comp'ny . It's wunnerful how they get on . She'll be back , I tek it , arter dinner . I kinder looked fer her ...
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... ground- hop . Anyway , says he to me , one night along in September , " Cap'n , " says he , " I conjec- ture I've avoided opportunities that , by gra- cious ! ain't ever goin ' to cross my pathway ag'in . " . ( You ' ve prob❜ly noticed ...
... ground- hop . Anyway , says he to me , one night along in September , " Cap'n , " says he , " I conjec- ture I've avoided opportunities that , by gra- cious ! ain't ever goin ' to cross my pathway ag'in . " . ( You ' ve prob❜ly noticed ...
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... ground , for I know the tem- peramental adaptation of our beautiful vil- lage . Meditatin ' to - day , in my emporium , about the principles that guide nations , I was hit I mean struck - struck by the thought that all these ...
... ground , for I know the tem- peramental adaptation of our beautiful vil- lage . Meditatin ' to - day , in my emporium , about the principles that guide nations , I was hit I mean struck - struck by the thought that all these ...
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... ground . " Here we have that combi- nation of imagination , matter of fact , good nature , and exaggeration in which we Ameri- cans so delight , and at which foreigners so often gasp . The sixty years that cover the old age of Franklin ...
... ground . " Here we have that combi- nation of imagination , matter of fact , good nature , and exaggeration in which we Ameri- cans so delight , and at which foreigners so often gasp . The sixty years that cover the old age of Franklin ...
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... ground of their wide - spread popularity , we should in- clude among these higher forms of American humor the diverting lucubrations of " A. Ward , Showman , " and the less distinctively national naïvetés of Mrs. Partington . Further ...
... ground of their wide - spread popularity , we should in- clude among these higher forms of American humor the diverting lucubrations of " A. Ward , Showman , " and the less distinctively national naïvetés of Mrs. Partington . Further ...
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