Clockmaker: Series One, Two and ThreeMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 15 juni 1995 - 974 sidor In 1835 Thomas Chandler Haliburton introduced Samuel Slick of Slicksville, Connecticut, into the pages of the Novascotian in order to awaken his fellow citizens to the economic opportunities of their province. From this Halifax newspaper trotted out the Connecticut Yankee, manufacturer and seller of clocks, with his original dialect and unique comic vision, to become the chief character in three series of The Clockmaker published between 1836 and 1840. |
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... turn rebels into patriots , Slick not only accepted the position but also became Van Buren's " man " ( CEECT , p . 654 ) . Series Three ended with the transformation of " Sam Slick the Clockmaker " ( CEECT , p . 655 ) into " the ...
... turn rebels into patriots , Slick not only accepted the position but also became Van Buren's " man " ( CEECT , p . 654 ) . Series Three ended with the transformation of " Sam Slick the Clockmaker " ( CEECT , p . 655 ) into " the ...
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... turn of the century . The paperback version of this edition cost sixpence and was part of Warne's " Notable Novels " series . This edition's " Advertisement " was a reprint of the advertisement included in an edition of The Clockmaker ...
... turn of the century . The paperback version of this edition cost sixpence and was part of Warne's " Notable Novels " series . This edition's " Advertisement " was a reprint of the advertisement included in an edition of The Clockmaker ...
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... turn of a single sentence ; and we have no hesitation in declaring , that Sam Slick is not what he pretends to be ; that there is no organic life in him ; that he is an impostor , an impossibility , a nonentity . Even more damning was ...
... turn of a single sentence ; and we have no hesitation in declaring , that Sam Slick is not what he pretends to be ; that there is no organic life in him ; that he is an impostor , an impossibility , a nonentity . Even more damning was ...
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Du har uppnått den maximala visningen för bokenvarför?..
Du har uppnått den maximala visningen för bokenvarför?..
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Du har uppnått den maximala visningen för bokenvarför?..
Du har uppnått den maximala visningen för bokenvarför?..
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Map of Eastern Seaboard drawn by Ross Hough | ciii |
Map of the Maritimes drawn by Ross Hough | cv |
The Clockmaker Series One | 1 |
The Clockmaker Series Two | 203 |
Explanatory Notes | 657 |
Bibliographical Description of Copytexts | 751 |
Published Versions of the Text | 771 |
Emendations in Copytexts | 821 |
Lineend Hyphenated Compounds in Copytexts | 839 |
Lineend Hyphenated Compounds in CEECT Edition | 843 |
Historical Collation | 847 |
Appendix | 867 |
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