The Indispensable Reader's Companion: A Personal Anthology Selected for Re-readability from the Writers of 2000 Years for the Reader of TodayBook Society, 1949 - 731 Seiten |
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... boat as upon a wonder they are seeing for the first time . And the boat is rather a handsome sight , too . She is long and sharp and trim and pretty ; she has two tall , fancy - topped chimneys , with a gilded device of some kind swung ...
... boat as upon a wonder they are seeing for the first time . And the boat is rather a handsome sight , too . She is long and sharp and trim and pretty ; she has two tall , fancy - topped chimneys , with a gilded device of some kind swung ...
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... boat , and thus made the fascina- tion of river life more potent than ever for me . It also gave me a chance to get acquainted with a youth who had taken deck passage - more's the pity ; for he easily borrowed six dollars of me on a ...
... boat , and thus made the fascina- tion of river life more potent than ever for me . It also gave me a chance to get acquainted with a youth who had taken deck passage - more's the pity ; for he easily borrowed six dollars of me on a ...
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... boat has not that rare and sumptuous luxury , a regularly devised " sounding - boat " --and proceeds to hunt for the best water , the pilot on duty watching his movements through a spy - glass , meantime , and in some instances ...
... boat has not that rare and sumptuous luxury , a regularly devised " sounding - boat " --and proceeds to hunt for the best water , the pilot on duty watching his movements through a spy - glass , meantime , and in some instances ...
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THE DEATH OF SOCRATES | 1 |
ON THE CONVERSATION OF AUTHORS | 15 |
SELECTIONS from | 32 |
Urheberrecht | |
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