Major Writers of America, Volume 1Perry Miller Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962 - Literary Criticism Selections from the writings of fifteen important American authors, including portions of novels, short stories, prose and poems. |
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Page 79
... Soon riseth : vant ill looks : the last Cock Crows The Morning Star up : out the Sun doth go . Farewell darke night , Welcome bright gra- cious day . As Joy Divine comes on , Griefe goes away . This world's a night - shade , or a pitchy ...
... Soon riseth : vant ill looks : the last Cock Crows The Morning Star up : out the Sun doth go . Farewell darke night , Welcome bright gra- cious day . As Joy Divine comes on , Griefe goes away . This world's a night - shade , or a pitchy ...
Page 319
... soon glided away . Suspense is , perhaps , the feeling of all others , that is most difficult to be supported . When Deer- slayer landed , he fully expected in the course of a few minutes to undergo the tortures of an In- dian revenge ...
... soon glided away . Suspense is , perhaps , the feeling of all others , that is most difficult to be supported . When Deer- slayer landed , he fully expected in the course of a few minutes to undergo the tortures of an In- dian revenge ...
Page 321
... soon as possible . Deerslayer knew too well the desperate nature of the struggle in which he was engaged , to lose one of the precious moments . He also knew that his only hope was to run in a straight line , for as soon as he began to ...
... soon as possible . Deerslayer knew too well the desperate nature of the struggle in which he was engaged , to lose one of the precious moments . He also knew that his only hope was to run in a straight line , for as soon as he began to ...
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Samuel Eliot Morison | 10 |
Of the Troubles That Befell | 16 |
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