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... remains of it is now safely installed in the British Museum . The king of the centaurs , a wild and unruly lot , was the wise and civilised Cheiron . Hercules accidentally wounded Cheiron in the leg with a poisoned arrow , which ...
... remains of it is now safely installed in the British Museum . The king of the centaurs , a wild and unruly lot , was the wise and civilised Cheiron . Hercules accidentally wounded Cheiron in the leg with a poisoned arrow , which ...
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... remains ; if he does , I know he will confirm my drawing . But if the Boojum Snark was suppressed , the Jabberwocky and the other strange creatures of Carroll's mind were not . Tenniel's drawing of the Jabberwocky which Alice is ...
... remains ; if he does , I know he will confirm my drawing . But if the Boojum Snark was suppressed , the Jabberwocky and the other strange creatures of Carroll's mind were not . Tenniel's drawing of the Jabberwocky which Alice is ...
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... remains in the end a creature of mystery , always a little way beyond explanation . A Chinese sage realised this many centuries ago . In his an- thology of Chinese literature Marguolies quotes the following alle- gory from a ninth ...
... remains in the end a creature of mystery , always a little way beyond explanation . A Chinese sage realised this many centuries ago . In his an- thology of Chinese literature Marguolies quotes the following alle- gory from a ninth ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
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