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... Lankes fished in his pants ' pocket . " There's my press , " says he with a grin , and he outs with a spoon - shaped ... J. J. Lankes's door , any more than they made them to William Blake's . That may be another indication of the ...
... Lankes fished in his pants ' pocket . " There's my press , " says he with a grin , and he outs with a spoon - shaped ... J. J. Lankes's door , any more than they made them to William Blake's . That may be another indication of the ...
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... J. J. Lankes got Frost's country down . And Lankes went and did the same for his own adopted home , Virginia . Nobody could ask for more of a contrast . Virginia is soft where New England is hard . Her trees are generous where ours are ...
... J. J. Lankes got Frost's country down . And Lankes went and did the same for his own adopted home , Virginia . Nobody could ask for more of a contrast . Virginia is soft where New England is hard . Her trees are generous where ours are ...
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... J. J. Lankes is after . He isn't after copies of life , such as architects use . So he has cursed Mr. Rockefeller for tearing down the gingerbread houses of Williamsburg , which he had loved and immortalized , and substituting a ...
... J. J. Lankes is after . He isn't after copies of life , such as architects use . So he has cursed Mr. Rockefeller for tearing down the gingerbread houses of Williamsburg , which he had loved and immortalized , and substituting a ...
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