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... moved by the wind . His face was red in the blue wind of day . His eyes looked toward the sinking sun . " And my father hates a snake , " I thought . I thought about the agony women know of giving birth . I thought about how they will ...
... moved by the wind . His face was red in the blue wind of day . His eyes looked toward the sinking sun . " And my father hates a snake , " I thought . I thought about the agony women know of giving birth . I thought about how they will ...
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... moved to Holland , Bradford , then eighteen , went with them . Before many years had passed in their new home , the children began speaking Dutch . To preserve their English language and heritage , leaders of the group searched for an ...
... moved to Holland , Bradford , then eighteen , went with them . Before many years had passed in their new home , the children began speaking Dutch . To preserve their English language and heritage , leaders of the group searched for an ...
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... moved to the woods at nearby Walden Pond . There he lived alone for over two years , following the doc- trine of " plain living and high thinking " which was to characterize Concord for a generation . THE ISOLATOES . By 1850 , Herman ...
... moved to the woods at nearby Walden Pond . There he lived alone for over two years , following the doc- trine of " plain living and high thinking " which was to characterize Concord for a generation . THE ISOLATOES . By 1850 , Herman ...
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APPROACHING AMERICAN | 1 |
Carl Sandburg Chicago | 34 |
William Saroyan The Oyster and the Pearl | 60 |
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