Black Insights: Significant Literature by Black Americans, 1760 to the Present |
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... Eyes 5 10 20 20 10 151 5 10 10 15. suggestion of his competence , taste , and talent . There is suggestion that his poems in standard English , which greatly outnumber his dialect pieces , deserve the right to be judged on their merit ...
... Eyes 5 10 20 20 10 151 5 10 10 15. suggestion of his competence , taste , and talent . There is suggestion that his poems in standard English , which greatly outnumber his dialect pieces , deserve the right to be judged on their merit ...
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... eyes placed three inches above two mustache guarded lips has Joe , a seller of hotdogs on State Street A seventy year old voice has this man of fifty ... his eyes seldom see what they gaze upon ... he appreciates words unspoken better ...
... eyes placed three inches above two mustache guarded lips has Joe , a seller of hotdogs on State Street A seventy year old voice has this man of fifty ... his eyes seldom see what they gaze upon ... he appreciates words unspoken better ...
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... eyes and looked up at his father . At the same moment , Elisha , from the floor , began to speak in a tongue of fire ... eyes while the Spirit spoke ; and yet John's staring eyes tonight reminded Gabriel of other eyes : of his mother's ...
... eyes and looked up at his father . At the same moment , Elisha , from the floor , began to speak in a tongue of fire ... eyes while the Spirit spoke ; and yet John's staring eyes tonight reminded Gabriel of other eyes : of his mother's ...
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