ThorofareHarcourt, Brace, 1942 - 469 pages "An English boy adapts to American life in a Maryland prep school." Cf. Hanna, A. Mirror for the nation. |
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Page 138
... feel that way . I'm eager too but I'm always a bit upset on landing , herded apart and classified as an alien . It was a shock the first time I came over , made me feel like an immigrant . That's what I was , but it's hard for the ...
... feel that way . I'm eager too but I'm always a bit upset on landing , herded apart and classified as an alien . It was a shock the first time I came over , made me feel like an immigrant . That's what I was , but it's hard for the ...
Page 165
... feel better about the K - boots . He explained to Major Warren , who had a courteous air of atten- tion that made one feel important . " I've been embarrassed , " Jeff said formally , " because Amer- ican boys don't wear K - boots , but ...
... feel better about the K - boots . He explained to Major Warren , who had a courteous air of atten- tion that made one feel important . " I've been embarrassed , " Jeff said formally , " because Amer- ican boys don't wear K - boots , but ...
Page 206
... feel like unless I do the same thing . " " Don't bother so much what other people feel like . You at- tend to yourself . " " It's a habit of mine , " said Geoffrey . " I feel sad if I don't know the reason for things . There was a nice ...
... feel like unless I do the same thing . " " Don't bother so much what other people feel like . You at- tend to yourself . " " It's a habit of mine , " said Geoffrey . " I feel sad if I don't know the reason for things . There was a nice ...
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afternoon ain't American amused asked Aunt Bee Aunt Em Aunt Kilda Bee's Beinbrink Bert better big fiends Blanche blue Bootle Boxer boys Bredfield cabin called Captain Bompjes Carroll Street chair Chesapeake Chrisdie colored deck Duck Bridge English exclaimed eyes feel felt focsle Friedeck friends Geoff Geoffrey Greenaway guess Harry hear heard Hessie Jeff's Jeffland kids kind knew ladies Lanvale Lidgate Lightfoot look Major mind Miss Beamish Miss Bristol Miss Shaugraun Miz Bee Moxie never noticed Paper Soldiers Patapsco perhaps Ramsholt remarked remember round Sandy Hole sausage rolls seemed Serena Shawbuck Shep ship side sitting Slabtown smell Snead sort sound Sprunt Star talk Teackle tell there's thing Thorofare thought took treacle tart Trundle trying Uncle Dan Uncle Dan's Uncle Remus wanted Warren watch weather Westernland Wilford wonderful you-all young