Homespun America: A Collection of Writings--happy, Somber, Gay, Serious, Rough, Subtle, and Otherwise--designed to Capture the Essential Quality of the Free United StatesWallace Brockway, Bart Keith Winer Simon and Schuster, 1958 - 831 Seiten |
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... never servile , but always civil . Neither boobishness nor meanness mark their character . They never creep and fawn , and are never rude . Employed about your house as day labourers , they never come to interlope for victuals or drink ...
... never servile , but always civil . Neither boobishness nor meanness mark their character . They never creep and fawn , and are never rude . Employed about your house as day labourers , they never come to interlope for victuals or drink ...
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... Never have anything to do with an unlucky man or place . " That is to say , never have anything to do with a man or place which never succeeds , because , although a man may appear to be honest and intelligent , yet if he tries this or ...
... Never have anything to do with an unlucky man or place . " That is to say , never have anything to do with a man or place which never succeeds , because , although a man may appear to be honest and intelligent , yet if he tries this or ...
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... never mind about the moralities . [ Following the Equator : " Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar " ] Never refuse to do a kindness unless the act would work great injury to yourself , and never refuse to take a drink - under any ...
... never mind about the moralities . [ Following the Equator : " Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar " ] Never refuse to do a kindness unless the act would work great injury to yourself , and never refuse to take a drink - under any ...
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NATHANIEL AMES | 1 |
DAVY CROCKETT | 58 |
JAMES FENIMORE COOPER | 98 |
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