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... common warbler , or of some hawk or sandpiper . If we recognize our bird as a Nashville warbler , or as a sharp - shinned hawk , or as a pectoral sandpiper , we have learned our lesson well . Then we experience a comfortable ...
... common warbler , or of some hawk or sandpiper . If we recognize our bird as a Nashville warbler , or as a sharp - shinned hawk , or as a pectoral sandpiper , we have learned our lesson well . Then we experience a comfortable ...
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... common- est of potted plants the year round in florists ' shops . I will have nothing to do with them except when they ought to be there . Irrational ? Of course . But the obliteration of seasonal things makes life ever more the same ...
... common- est of potted plants the year round in florists ' shops . I will have nothing to do with them except when they ought to be there . Irrational ? Of course . But the obliteration of seasonal things makes life ever more the same ...
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... common . All that lives must die , Passing through nature to eternity . Ham . Ay , madam , it is common . Queen . If it be , Why seems it so particular with thee ? — to Hamlet , stung by his mother's shallowness and insensitivity ...
... common . All that lives must die , Passing through nature to eternity . Ham . Ay , madam , it is common . Queen . If it be , Why seems it so particular with thee ? — to Hamlet , stung by his mother's shallowness and insensitivity ...
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