Harper's Magazine, Volume 142Henry Mills Alden, Thomas Bucklin Wells, Lee Foster Hartman, Frederick Lewis Allen Harper & Brothers, 1920 - American literature |
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... past of his country acts as the shadow of his present and the danger signal of his future . For instance , where an Amer- ican can trace back his pedigree several generations he will almost invariably re- veal the fact to his English ...
... past of his country acts as the shadow of his present and the danger signal of his future . For instance , where an Amer- ican can trace back his pedigree several generations he will almost invariably re- veal the fact to his English ...
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... past , but its present , and I wish that I could whole - heartedly say that this applies to England , too . Still , it seems that America does not hold this view and that she is still at- tached to the idea of old Puritan New England ...
... past , but its present , and I wish that I could whole - heartedly say that this applies to England , too . Still , it seems that America does not hold this view and that she is still at- tached to the idea of old Puritan New England ...
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... past has given place to the lisping languages of the South and East . Near the ancient grounds stand the self - service restau- rants , the automatic bars , and the movies . The movies in Salem ! I went down to Marblehead , and I saw it ...
... past has given place to the lisping languages of the South and East . Near the ancient grounds stand the self - service restau- rants , the automatic bars , and the movies . The movies in Salem ! I went down to Marblehead , and I saw it ...
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... past ; that is not quite true , but what seems to be true is that America scraps her past as she goes . She is like a soldier on the march who throws aside impedimenta so as to get quicker to his goal . And that is why I venture to head ...
... past ; that is not quite true , but what seems to be true is that America scraps her past as she goes . She is like a soldier on the march who throws aside impedimenta so as to get quicker to his goal . And that is why I venture to head ...
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... it were this night just past . Frost binding all things , frost coming down on icy breaths from the east and seizing the ground and bind- ing every coruscation and binding every rib and knoll so 34 HARPER'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
... it were this night just past . Frost binding all things , frost coming down on icy breaths from the east and seizing the ground and bind- ing every coruscation and binding every rib and knoll so 34 HARPER'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
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