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... Hill , dart after midges in the seaweed on a granite rock thrusting into the Atlantic spray ; or hearing the bodiless voice of the hermit thrush one thought belonged to the deep oak woods beyond Pine Bluff on May evenings , flute from ...
... Hill , dart after midges in the seaweed on a granite rock thrusting into the Atlantic spray ; or hearing the bodiless voice of the hermit thrush one thought belonged to the deep oak woods beyond Pine Bluff on May evenings , flute from ...
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... hill to the east of Desert Hot Springs in the Colorado Desert and were to pick just the right spot , a rise of ground to the west would quite shut out the view of the small town . ( The hill , with an oasis of native palms below it ...
... hill to the east of Desert Hot Springs in the Colorado Desert and were to pick just the right spot , a rise of ground to the west would quite shut out the view of the small town . ( The hill , with an oasis of native palms below it ...
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... 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 , more private , eccentrics in the town or in the hills , for such a place draws them . The ...
... 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 , more private , eccentrics in the town or in the hills , for such a place draws them . The ...
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