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Page viii
... matter of fact , he didn't do much more except beget a few more boys with square heads like his own . But he is one of the great names in our family . And he will last as long as the story of the ill - starred City of Portland lasts and ...
... matter of fact , he didn't do much more except beget a few more boys with square heads like his own . But he is one of the great names in our family . And he will last as long as the story of the ill - starred City of Portland lasts and ...
Page xiv
... You can see it in this book . It is the essence of this book . It appears from the first cut to the last . He has made the matter he is using his own . He has made Gray American . He has made Stoke Poges into a Virginian xiv.
... You can see it in this book . It is the essence of this book . It appears from the first cut to the last . He has made the matter he is using his own . He has made Gray American . He has made Stoke Poges into a Virginian xiv.
Page xv
... matter of the past which they take pains to paint . The geniuses are different . They are alive . When Chaucer wrote of the Trojan men and women , he put them into mediaeval doublet - and - hose and gores , he put them into Norman ...
... matter of the past which they take pains to paint . The geniuses are different . They are alive . When Chaucer wrote of the Trojan men and women , he put them into mediaeval doublet - and - hose and gores , he put them into Norman ...
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