American Heritage: An Anthology and Interpretive Survey of Our LiteratureLeon Howard Heath, 1955 - American literature |
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... talking with . It implies utter 40 indifference to or sublime contempt for his re- marks , no matter how serious . I ... talk between two persons . Talking is like playing on the harp ; there is as much in laying the hand on the strings ...
... talking with . It implies utter 40 indifference to or sublime contempt for his re- marks , no matter how serious . I ... talk between two persons . Talking is like playing on the harp ; there is as much in laying the hand on the strings ...
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... talk but they say nothing to me . Then I feel so queer that I can't talk either . I go away . I don't say anything . I can't . " The fury of the young man became uncontrolla- ble . " I won't stand it , " he yelled , looking up at the ...
... talk but they say nothing to me . Then I feel so queer that I can't talk either . I go away . I don't say anything . I can't . " The fury of the young man became uncontrolla- ble . " I won't stand it , " he yelled , looking up at the ...
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... talk to me ? " The sounds grew louder , and Rachel said , " It's a foreign language . " Bunny said , " It must be Russian " -the only foreign lan- guage Paul knew . It was strange , like a corpse talking , or a wax doll ; the sounds ...
... talk to me ? " The sounds grew louder , and Rachel said , " It's a foreign language . " Bunny said , " It must be Russian " -the only foreign lan- guage Paul knew . It was strange , like a corpse talking , or a wax doll ; the sounds ...
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