Something about Swans: Essays |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 11
Page 55
55 at this distance , lay at its foot ; that a main highway from Los Angeles carried through the pass between San Jacinto and San Gorgonio a heavy stream of traffic to the Colorado River and beyond , and , on the hither side of the ...
55 at this distance , lay at its foot ; that a main highway from Los Angeles carried through the pass between San Jacinto and San Gorgonio a heavy stream of traffic to the Colorado River and beyond , and , on the hither side of the ...
Page 102
If the big body of water is meant to be the Sea of Galilee , the river must be the Jordan and flowing out of it rather than into it . In between the foreground and the flat left shore of river and lake the landscape is varied with woods ...
If the big body of water is meant to be the Sea of Galilee , the river must be the Jordan and flowing out of it rather than into it . In between the foreground and the flat left shore of river and lake the landscape is varied with woods ...
Page 110
273_319 ( on the Missouri River trip ) and pp . 253– 57 ( on the Labrador trip ) . An account of his discovery on the latter trip ( pp . 238–39 ) of the “ Ruby - crowned Wren ” ( clearly the kinglet ) anticipates in delight , if not in ...
273_319 ( on the Missouri River trip ) and pp . 253– 57 ( on the Labrador trip ) . An account of his discovery on the latter trip ( pp . 238–39 ) of the “ Ruby - crowned Wren ” ( clearly the kinglet ) anticipates in delight , if not in ...
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Contents
Something about Swans | 3 |
The Pleasures of Seconds | 21 |
Listening | 37 |
Copyright | |
4 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
appear beauty birds California called close coast Colorado comes common course dark desert discovery early essay expected experience eyes fall familiar Father flowers gives going ground hand heard hearing hill Hot Springs human imagined Indians interest island Juliet kind lake land learned least less light listening live look meaning memory mind morning mountain move names natural nest night observation once past peaks perhaps pleasure pond range reach recognition remember rise River road rock Romeo Saint San Jacinto season seemed seen sense Shakespeare shore side sight signs sometimes song sound sparrow speak spring stand story swans things town turn University valley warbler wild wonder
Bibliographic information
| 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 |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |