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It had another kind of spring as well . On the desert side , in a long cleft , there was an oasis of palms and a hot spring of healing water ; two other mineral springs , one hot and one cold , flowed at the foot of the western slope .
It had another kind of spring as well . On the desert side , in a long cleft , there was an oasis of palms and a hot spring of healing water ; two other mineral springs , one hot and one cold , flowed at the foot of the western slope .
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71 if instead of going through the pass , he stays on the hither side of the range and turns straight east he will come to Desert Hot Springs , of little fame . Indeed , it is known ( or used to be known ) as “ the poor man's Palm ...
71 if instead of going through the pass , he stays on the hither side of the range and turns straight east he will come to Desert Hot Springs , of little fame . Indeed , it is known ( or used to be known ) as “ the poor man's Palm ...
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In contrast , the town itself had not caught up to these Palm Springs airs . ... “ Miracle Hill ” was his name for the height above the little oasis of palms where flowed two springs , one hot and one cold . There must have been other ...
In contrast , the town itself had not caught up to these Palm Springs airs . ... “ Miracle Hill ” was his name for the height above the little oasis of palms where flowed two springs , one hot and one cold . There must have been other ...
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Contents
Something about Swans | 3 |
The Pleasures of Seconds | 21 |
Listening | 37 |
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| Title | Something about Swans: Essays |
| Author | Madeleine Doran |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University of Wisconsin Press, 1973 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 30 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 0299061701, 9780299061708 |
| Length | 118 pages |
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