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... Henry Adams's History of the United States . . . , has done a remarkable job of tracking down Adams's paraphrases ... Henry Adams's Use of the Paraphrastic Technique in the History of the United States of America , " Unpublished ...
... Henry Adams's History of the United States . . . , has done a remarkable job of tracking down Adams's paraphrases ... Henry Adams's Use of the Paraphrastic Technique in the History of the United States of America , " Unpublished ...
Page 132
... Henry , and he forces Henry to shoot him ( as he has forced the father to tell Henry of the relationship ) so that active , even melodramatic rejection will take the place of the father's blank stare . Bon's existence is recognized at ...
... Henry , and he forces Henry to shoot him ( as he has forced the father to tell Henry of the relationship ) so that active , even melodramatic rejection will take the place of the father's blank stare . Bon's existence is recognized at ...
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... Henry's murder of Bon are inadequate . From the time Sutpen admits to Grandfather Comp- son that he " put aside " his first wife , we wonder why he deserted her . There is a hint that he had a trump card to play against Charles Bon and ...
... Henry's murder of Bon are inadequate . From the time Sutpen admits to Grandfather Comp- son that he " put aside " his first wife , we wonder why he deserted her . There is a hint that he had a trump card to play against Charles Bon and ...
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