Golden Multitudes: The Story of Best Sellers in the United States, Volume 10Macmillan Company, 1947 - 357 pages |
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... death - and great numbers of them did succumb to early deaths - would have no terrors . This spectre of imminent death was continually held before the child . Every night he prayed : If I should die before I wake I pray the Lord my soul ...
... death - and great numbers of them did succumb to early deaths - would have no terrors . This spectre of imminent death was continually held before the child . Every night he prayed : If I should die before I wake I pray the Lord my soul ...
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... death . Since the centennial of his birth , celebrated in 1919 , there has been a steady and general increase in the popularity of the poems . Now , half a century after his death , Whitman's work has reached that wide , democratic ...
... death . Since the centennial of his birth , celebrated in 1919 , there has been a steady and general increase in the popularity of the poems . Now , half a century after his death , Whitman's work has reached that wide , democratic ...
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... death . Despite two setbacks , Jane wrote a third story , Sense and Sensibility , which was published in 1811 and was successful enough to war- rant bringing out First Impressions , which was now given the title Pride and Prejudice ...
... death . Despite two setbacks , Jane wrote a third story , Sense and Sensibility , which was published in 1811 and was successful enough to war- rant bringing out First Impressions , which was now given the title Pride and Prejudice ...
Contents
Vox Pop | 1 |
What Is a Best Seller? | 6 |
Religion and Sensation in Colonial Times II | 11 |
Copyright | |
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