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— Stephen Crane

I stood upon a high place,

And saw, below, many devils

Running, leaping,

And carousing in sin.

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The act or process of acquiring.

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This front room was very quiet in its appoint-

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Paul Laurence Dunbar·1872–1906·modernist literature
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94 NELSE HATTON’S VENGEANCE ments. Everything in it was subdued except —Mrs. Hatton. She was rocking back and forthin a light little rocker that screeched the indig-nation she could not express. She did notdeign to look at Nelse as he came into theroom; but an acceleration of speed on the partof the rocker showed that his presence wasknown.
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