Native American Humor (1800-1900)American book Company, 1937 - 573 Seiten |
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... speech , and the freedom with which it is shaped to the instant want of those who use it , are of the best omen for our having a swan at last . " The essay ended with a series of illustrations of the point that American speech was not ...
... speech , and the freedom with which it is shaped to the instant want of those who use it , are of the best omen for our having a swan at last . " The essay ended with a series of illustrations of the point that American speech was not ...
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... speech he employs have more than comedy to recommend them . They are conceits , comic because they are startlingly ... speech better than elsewhere , one may see what George H. McKnight meant when , in Chapter X of Modern English in the ...
... speech he employs have more than comedy to recommend them . They are conceits , comic because they are startlingly ... speech better than elsewhere , one may see what George H. McKnight meant when , in Chapter X of Modern English in the ...
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... Speech " is an example of the discomfiture of the genial idiot , told in the first person . Para- graphs preceding the selection tell of Adeler's woe as he prepared his speech , made the trip to the near - by town , and heard others say ...
... Speech " is an example of the discomfiture of the genial idiot , told in the first person . Para- graphs preceding the selection tell of Adeler's woe as he prepared his speech , made the trip to the near - by town , and heard others say ...
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INTRODUCTION PAGE | 3 |
Literary Comedians 18551900 | 122 |
Local Colorists 18681900 PAGE | 124 |
Urheberrecht | |
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