The Essay: A Critical AnthologyJohn Lincoln Stewart Essays for both the student and the general reader, with comment by the editor. |
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... less dignified than " fall backward " and less gaily flippant than " tumble backward ” ) and not to allow our skis to begin " slithering from side to side " ; or when , in a vivid , effective image , it compares a timid skier with a ...
... less dignified than " fall backward " and less gaily flippant than " tumble backward ” ) and not to allow our skis to begin " slithering from side to side " ; or when , in a vivid , effective image , it compares a timid skier with a ...
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... less interested than Horsford in allaying the ' blind skepticism , amounting practically to in- verted ambition , that would deprive Massachusetts of the glory of holding the landfall of Leif Ericson , and at the same time the seat of ...
... less interested than Horsford in allaying the ' blind skepticism , amounting practically to in- verted ambition , that would deprive Massachusetts of the glory of holding the landfall of Leif Ericson , and at the same time the seat of ...
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... Less than sixty years after the first native horseless carriage rattled over a Massachusetts road , one million ... less than fifteen hundred , but more than seven hundred and fifty dollars , five million possessed automobiles . A survey ...
... Less than sixty years after the first native horseless carriage rattled over a Massachusetts road , one million ... less than fifteen hundred , but more than seven hundred and fifty dollars , five million possessed automobiles . A survey ...
Contents
Introductory Comment | 3 |
When Conan Doyle Was Sherlock Holmes JOHN DICKSON CARR | 11 |
New England Xanadu SIGMUND DIAMOND | 32 |
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