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Page 89
... look for narratives with complicated plots . Look instead for incidents that suggest what was important to the earliest settlers . Look for evidences of the shape of their days - how they spent their mornings and afternoons and evenings ...
... look for narratives with complicated plots . Look instead for incidents that suggest what was important to the earliest settlers . Look for evidences of the shape of their days - how they spent their mornings and afternoons and evenings ...
Page 412
... Look away , look away , look away , Dixie Land ! Den I wish I was in Dixie !, Hooray ! Hooray ! In Dixie's Land we'll take our stand , to lib an ' die in Dixie . Away ! away ! away down South in Dixie . 10 Away ! away ! away down South ...
... Look away , look away , look away , Dixie Land ! Den I wish I was in Dixie !, Hooray ! Hooray ! In Dixie's Land we'll take our stand , to lib an ' die in Dixie . Away ! away ! away down South in Dixie . 10 Away ! away ! away down South ...
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... Look , they're finished . They're going . MRS . GIBBS . Sh— . ( The umbrellas leave the stage . Dr. Gibbs has come over to his wife's grave and stands before it a moment . Emily looks up at his face . Mrs. Gibbs does not raise her eyes ...
... Look , they're finished . They're going . MRS . GIBBS . Sh— . ( The umbrellas leave the stage . Dr. Gibbs has come over to his wife's grave and stands before it a moment . Emily looks up at his face . Mrs. Gibbs does not raise her eyes ...
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APPROACHING AMERICAN | 1 |
Carl Sandburg Chicago | 34 |
William Saroyan The Oyster and the Pearl | 60 |
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