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Apache Family Campground has the coast's longest wooden pier, an eatery called Croakers '
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Irving's _Sketch Book_ was already finished, Miss Sedgwick's _Hope Leslie_ and Percival's first volume had been issued, and Halleck's and Drake's "Croakers" were already popular.
Literary and Social Essays George William Curtis 1858
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Nicholson, who has the honor of being alluded to in “The Croakers,” was always
Washington Irving 2004
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"Migs"; two of the dappled brown ones which he said were "Croakers"; and two of the blue; three "Chineys"; three "Glasseys" with the pink and blue streaks; and one each of the most beautiful of all, -- the agates.
Half-Past Seven Stories Robert Gordon Anderson
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Halleck made his _début_ in the poetical world by some satirical pieces called _The Croakers_, which created as much sensation at their appearance as the anonymous _Salmagundi_ which commenced Irving's literary career.
International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 6, August 5, 1850 Various
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Croakers to the contrary notwithstanding, there is in the record of our past lives, or in the prophecy of our future, another word than _grief_ or _care_; it is _joy_.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. Various
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Shall we advise the Tadpole to get his tail cut off, as a badge of the reptile nature in him, and to achieve the higher sphere of the Croakers at a single hop?
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Various
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Nevertheless, like many observers, I found scarcely a group, except that inspired by the Transcendental movement, of more import than an occasional band such as the little set of Croakers when New York was in its teens.
0 Introduction. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900 Edmund Clarence Stedman 1900
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What are some of the chief qualities in the poetry of "The Croakers"?
History of American Literature Reuben Post Halleck 1897
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