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Page ix
... words , and about as economically set down , without lost lines or lost motion . It was a group of commonplace things the woodcut man had pictured there . A tumble - down shed or two , a dumpcart , a few pinched and wintry trees , the ...
... words , and about as economically set down , without lost lines or lost motion . It was a group of commonplace things the woodcut man had pictured there . A tumble - down shed or two , a dumpcart , a few pinched and wintry trees , the ...
Page xv
... one . They have woven an English poem into the fabric of American life . They learned it and made it fit their New England and Indianan graveyards and cottages . · These lovely words , which General Wolfe first brought to XV.
... one . They have woven an English poem into the fabric of American life . They learned it and made it fit their New England and Indianan graveyards and cottages . · These lovely words , which General Wolfe first brought to XV.
Page xvi
... words are household words of our own , words that we are married and buried by . They make us think of American graveyards and American homeliness and quiet . It is our more southern twilight that comes over the world . So Lankes is ...
... words are household words of our own , words that we are married and buried by . They make us think of American graveyards and American homeliness and quiet . It is our more southern twilight that comes over the world . So Lankes is ...
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