Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Bret Harte” in chapter 2.18, page 363 of Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2:

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Bret Harte 's dialect has also been subjected to criticism on the charge of being too clever. It seems at times to be the author's own creation rather than a transcript of speech actually current in California...
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Bret Harte 212 40 0 0 0 user votes
Francis Bret Harte 68 44 0 0 0 user votes
Franciscus Bret Harte 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Frank Bret Harte 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
F. Bret Harte 2 0 0 0 0 user votes

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