Century Monthly Magazine, Volume 116Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Scribner & Company; The Century Company, 1928 - American literature |
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Page 17
... cause he married me when he might'a married Mocky . She could'a worked in de field an ' cooked an ' washed an ' ironed , an ' had de chillen an ' patched an ' sewed an ' had plenty o ' time to go to prayer - meetin's too . " Ut said no ...
... cause he married me when he might'a married Mocky . She could'a worked in de field an ' cooked an ' washed an ' ironed , an ' had de chillen an ' patched an ' sewed an ' had plenty o ' time to go to prayer - meetin's too . " Ut said no ...
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... cause I suspect that it may be not bird language at all , but just English . The catbird calling me to drive away a cat does so with a distinctly uttered , " Kt ! Kt ! " But is this not simply in recognition of my own linguistic ...
... cause I suspect that it may be not bird language at all , but just English . The catbird calling me to drive away a cat does so with a distinctly uttered , " Kt ! Kt ! " But is this not simply in recognition of my own linguistic ...
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... cause at a profit by offering clothing , arms and munitions . East- ern industrialists did not like the idea . They procured the passage of a protectionist tariff law in 1861 which alienated much needed sup- port in Europe . The ...
... cause at a profit by offering clothing , arms and munitions . East- ern industrialists did not like the idea . They procured the passage of a protectionist tariff law in 1861 which alienated much needed sup- port in Europe . The ...
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... cause of democracy in the United States was bound up with the cause of the ene- mies of Germany , the slaughter of five hundred thousand Frenchmen at Verdun reminding men of the terrors of war under modern conditions . Un- able to bring ...
... cause of democracy in the United States was bound up with the cause of the ene- mies of Germany , the slaughter of five hundred thousand Frenchmen at Verdun reminding men of the terrors of war under modern conditions . Un- able to bring ...
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... cause old apartments to be abandoned after ten or fifteen years ; a fancy for antique furniture sets everybody seeking antiques and starts fresh manufacturies for the making of ancient furniture at top prices . In the loop of Chicago or ...
... cause old apartments to be abandoned after ten or fifteen years ; a fancy for antique furniture sets everybody seeking antiques and starts fresh manufacturies for the making of ancient furniture at top prices . In the loop of Chicago or ...
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