The Biglow Papers, Том 1John Camden Hotten, 1861 - 200 страница |
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... common- sense but home - spun farmers of New England ; Birdofredum Sawin , a volunteer in the Mexican army ; and the Reverend Homer Wilbur , an elderly gentleman , " with infinite faculty of sermonizing , muscularized by long practice ...
... common- sense but home - spun farmers of New England ; Birdofredum Sawin , a volunteer in the Mexican army ; and the Reverend Homer Wilbur , an elderly gentleman , " with infinite faculty of sermonizing , muscularized by long practice ...
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... common enough in the rural districts of the six North - Eastern States of the Union , no more characterise the people as a whole than those of Yorkshire do the people of the United Kingdom . The editor of the present edition has added ...
... common enough in the rural districts of the six North - Eastern States of the Union , no more characterise the people as a whole than those of Yorkshire do the people of the United Kingdom . The editor of the present edition has added ...
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... common in our own immediate neighbour- hood . Yet , with a becoming deference to the popular belief , that distinctions of this sort are enhanced in value by every additional mile they travel , I have intermixed the names of some ...
... common in our own immediate neighbour- hood . Yet , with a becoming deference to the popular belief , that distinctions of this sort are enhanced in value by every additional mile they travel , I have intermixed the names of some ...
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... common use about the time of the King James translation of the Bible . Shakspeare stands less in need of a glossary to most New Englanders than to many a native of the Old Country . The peculiarities of our speech , however , are ...
... common use about the time of the King James translation of the Bible . Shakspeare stands less in need of a glossary to most New Englanders than to many a native of the Old Country . The peculiarities of our speech , however , are ...
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... than houses or barns , and these with un- common expression . e . Of the Wilburs no complete pedigree . The crest said to be a wild boar , whence , perhaps , the name . ( ? ) A connection with the Earls 18 INTRODUCTION .
... than houses or barns , and these with un- common expression . e . Of the Wilburs no complete pedigree . The crest said to be a wild boar , whence , perhaps , the name . ( ? ) A connection with the Earls 18 INTRODUCTION .
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