The American Reader: Words That Moved a NationHarper Collins, 05.09.2000 - 656 Seiten The American Reader is a stirring and memorable anthology that captures the many facets of American culture and history in prose and verse. The 200 poems, speeches, songs, essays, letters, and documents were chosen both for their readability and for their significance. These are the words that have inspired, enraged, delighted, chastened, and comforted Americans in days gone by. Gathered here are the writings that illuminate -- with wit, eloquence, and sometimes sharp words -- significant aspects of national conciousness. They reflect the part that all Americans -- black and white, native born and immigrant, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American, poor and wealthy -- have played in creating the nation's character. |
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... better under- stand ourselves and our times . In preparing this book , I incurred many personal debts . I owe my deepest gratitude to Eileen Sclan , my assistant , and to those who helped her : Mary Greenfield , Thalassa Curtis , Indira ...
... better ordering , & preservation & fur- therance of the ends aforesaid ; and by vertue hearof to enacte , constitute , and frame shuch just & equall lawes , ordinances , Acts , constitutions , & offices , from time to time , as shall be ...
... better memories than debtors . God heals , and the Doctor takes the Fees . The greatest monarch on the proudest throne , is oblig'd to sit upon his own arse . The nearest way to come at glory , is to do that for conscience which we do ...
... better and a happier man than I oth- erwise should have been if I had not attempted it . " 1. TEMPERATURE . Eat not to dullness ; drink not to elevation . 2. SILENCE . Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself ; avoid trifling ...
... better descend , and the force of them be better felt . I shall not think much of my pains in this cause , as I engaged in it from principle . I was solicited to argue this cause as Advocate General ; and because I would not , I have ...
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The Unmaking of Americans: How Multiculturalism Has Undermined the ... John J. Miller Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1998 |
Madcaps, Screwballs, and Con Women: The Female Trickster in American Culture Lori Landay Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1998 |