Could anyone explain this with simple words like we use today?
as i was ascending a precipitous bluff, i became parched - but my canteen was devoid of water.

:in "mr. flood's party," how does edwin arlington robinson capture the loneliness and alienation felt by eben flood? use quotes and examples from the text to support your claim.

In twelve years a slave, northup realizes he cannot trust anyone after his kidnapping except hamilton and brown god the physician the women who gave him drink

Why has crooks been able to accumulate more personal items than the the other ranch hands?