College Readings in English ProseFrank William Scott, Jacob Zeitlin |
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... once looked to me in like circumstances , so that I had felt suddenly thrust outside into empty spaces . Almost was I tempted to intervene ; but I liked Dick , and I wanted to do him good . This experience was harrowing , but it ...
... once looked to me in like circumstances , so that I had felt suddenly thrust outside into empty spaces . Almost was I tempted to intervene ; but I liked Dick , and I wanted to do him good . This experience was harrowing , but it ...
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Frank William Scott, Jacob Zeitlin. began at once . Two pairs were thus occupied , and near the edge of the water two nests were built . One nest resulted in failure , but upon the single egg of the second pair of brown peli- cans ...
Frank William Scott, Jacob Zeitlin. began at once . Two pairs were thus occupied , and near the edge of the water two nests were built . One nest resulted in failure , but upon the single egg of the second pair of brown peli- cans ...
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... once have been on the point of summoning keepers to prevent the horrible tragedy about to be enacted before their eyes . All sympathy is with the young bird as it apparently pushes on to its doom , a quick death in the deep interior of ...
... once have been on the point of summoning keepers to prevent the horrible tragedy about to be enacted before their eyes . All sympathy is with the young bird as it apparently pushes on to its doom , a quick death in the deep interior of ...
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... once debated ; now it does not debate . It has not the time . There would be too many debaters , and there are too many subjects of debate . It is a business body , and it must get its business done . When the late Mr. Reed once , upon ...
... once debated ; now it does not debate . It has not the time . There would be too many debaters , and there are too many subjects of debate . It is a business body , and it must get its business done . When the late Mr. Reed once , upon ...
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... once stood . The fine new schoolhouses and bank were shouldered by shabby shingled relics of the earlier mushroom growth ; and when a yellow cow came strolling along the sidewalk seeking what she might devour , it seemed that the last ...
... once stood . The fine new schoolhouses and bank were shouldered by shabby shingled relics of the earlier mushroom growth ; and when a yellow cow came strolling along the sidewalk seeking what she might devour , it seemed that the last ...
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