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Our Old Home A Series of English Sketches A Series of English Sketches by Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864
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A word from our supporters: File extension MMF | Seizing this handful of straw with a death-grip, and bidding my three friends bury me honorably, I got upon my legs to save both countries, or perish in the attempt. The tables roared and thundered at me, and suddenly were silent again. But, as I have never happened to stand in a position of greater dignity and peril, I deem it a stratagem of sage policy here to close these Sketches, leaving myself still erect in so heroic an attitude. THE END |