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I was back in America
The Secton from here until page 392 takes place from January 11, 1765 to January 17, 1765.
The Stamp Act Crisis
It's strange to note that the Stamp Act wasn't passed until March 22, 1765. The Rev is setting the mood of the times but this is really only the dissatisfaction waiting for a trigger.
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interprebendary
“Not in the dictionary, prebendary is described as someone who receives a stipend from a cathedral or collegiate church in England. Perhaps Wicks used this word because he was receiving stipends from more than one church” – Toby Levy’s ‘’’Mason & Dixon Three Pages a Day’’’ project
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Tales of the Pit
Funny phrase; is it a reference to something specific outside the text?
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...shall this Machine come abruptly to a Stop...only the Machine, fading as we stand, and a Prairie of desperate Immensity...
The passage recalls the closing scene of Vineland, in which Prairie Wheeler is lying on a meadow, waiting for Brock Vond to find her. He doesn't come though.
