The Wit & Wisdom of Mark TwainHarper & Row, 1987 - 265 pagina's This sparkling anthology of Mark Twain's most trenchant remarks has been culled from his books, speeches, letters and conversations recorded by contemporaries. The sayings are as fresh today as when he first wrote them and represent Twain at his wittiest and best. |
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... American author of world rank to write a genu- inely colloquial and native American . -H . L. Mencken , The American Language , 1919 We are not hostile to the United States . How could I be hostile to a country that produced Mark Twain ...
... American author of world rank to write a genu- inely colloquial and native American . -H . L. Mencken , The American Language , 1919 We are not hostile to the United States . How could I be hostile to a country that produced Mark Twain ...
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... American Revolution that planted it , " he said in his 1890 Independence Day speech . " We hoisted the banner of ... American criminal class except Con- gress . " But despite his criticism of American government and partic- ularly ...
... American Revolution that planted it , " he said in his 1890 Independence Day speech . " We hoisted the banner of ... American criminal class except Con- gress . " But despite his criticism of American government and partic- ularly ...
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... American character ? So far as I have observed , no . Is it an American characteristic ? So far as I have observed , the most prominent , the most American of all American characteristics , is the poverty of it in the American character ...
... American character ? So far as I have observed , no . Is it an American characteristic ? So far as I have observed , the most prominent , the most American of all American characteristics , is the poverty of it in the American character ...
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