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 254
... trees and lofty elms , from among which its decent whitewashed walls shine modestly forth , like Christian purity beaming through the shades of retirement . A gentle slope descends from it to a silver sheet of water , bordered by high trees ...
... trees and lofty elms , from among which its decent whitewashed walls shine modestly forth , like Christian purity beaming through the shades of retirement . A gentle slope descends from it to a silver sheet of water , bordered by high trees ...
Page 266
... trees ; startled now and then by the sudden scream- ing of the bittern , or the quacking of a wild duck rising on the wing from some solitary pool . At length he arrived at a firm piece of ground , which ran out like a peninsula into ...
... trees ; startled now and then by the sudden scream- ing of the bittern , or the quacking of a wild duck rising on the wing from some solitary pool . At length he arrived at a firm piece of ground , which ran out like a peninsula into ...
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... tree is mentioned in at least three places in the Old Testament , and its fruit in two or three more . Solomon sings , ' As the apple - tree among the trees of the wood , so is my beloved among the sons . ' And again , ' Stay me with ...
... tree is mentioned in at least three places in the Old Testament , and its fruit in two or three more . Solomon sings , ' As the apple - tree among the trees of the wood , so is my beloved among the sons . ' And again , ' Stay me with ...
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