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... rarity and preciousness for us , in their momentary pause between the two long legs of their flight from the Chesapeake to the Arctic . We went away with a sense of great fulfillment . 61 Now there was nothing in the least remarkable ,
... rarity and preciousness for us , in their momentary pause between the two long legs of their flight from the Chesapeake to the Arctic . We went away with a sense of great fulfillment . 61 Now there was nothing in the least remarkable ,
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And to the greatest and the least of the angels and saints they boldly gave a share in the responsibility for the new land . How many times more ceremonial and more melodious , too , were their names than ours — “ el Pueblo de Reina de ...
And to the greatest and the least of the angels and saints they boldly gave a share in the responsibility for the new land . How many times more ceremonial and more melodious , too , were their names than ours — “ el Pueblo de Reina de ...
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or change , as Jupiter's appearance close to the new moon at 101 just that moment of time was not , at least within men's scale of time . The passengers , held within the same pattern as the pilot's for a few hours , expected to be ...
or change , as Jupiter's appearance close to the new moon at 101 just that moment of time was not , at least within men's scale of time . The passengers , held within the same pattern as the pilot's for a few hours , expected to be ...
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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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