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... thought . I thought about the agony women know of giving birth . I thought about how they will fight to save their children . Then , I thought of the snake . I thought it was silly for me to think such thoughts . This morning my father ...
... thought . I thought about the agony women know of giving birth . I thought about how they will fight to save their children . Then , I thought of the snake . I thought it was silly for me to think such thoughts . This morning my father ...
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... thought he kept in the background and refused to consider . Some- times it pushed itself forward and demanded to be ... thought came to him that the frozen portions of his body must be ex- tending . He tried to keep this thought down ...
... thought he kept in the background and refused to consider . Some- times it pushed itself forward and demanded to be ... thought came to him that the frozen portions of his body must be ex- tending . He tried to keep this thought down ...
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Mark Schorer. Now read these lines from Emerson's pressed his thought in images . Be sure to " The Rhodora " : note those images which reflect a thought . -We do not ride on the railroad ; it rides. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why ...
Mark Schorer. Now read these lines from Emerson's pressed his thought in images . Be sure to " The Rhodora " : note those images which reflect a thought . -We do not ride on the railroad ; it rides. Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why ...
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APPROACHING AMERICAN | 1 |
Carl Sandburg Chicago | 34 |
William Saroyan The Oyster and the Pearl | 60 |
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