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Page 51
... light and light it grows . Rom . More light and light — more dark and dark our woes ! ― Here the passion contained is far greater than in the meeting sonnet ; the danger is not just a cloud on the future , but imminent ; the full irony ...
... light and light it grows . Rom . More light and light — more dark and dark our woes ! ― Here the passion contained is far greater than in the meeting sonnet ; the danger is not just a cloud on the future , but imminent ; the full irony ...
Page 78
... light sweet trill of a desert sparrow . I recognized it readily enough , for I had several times heard it at a distance , but the singers had always proved elusive , moving farther up the hillside from one bush to another . This time I ...
... light sweet trill of a desert sparrow . I recognized it readily enough , for I had several times heard it at a distance , but the singers had always proved elusive , moving farther up the hillside from one bush to another . This time I ...
Page 82
... light gray to black , but all with light bellies and the wide white ring around the gray nose , and nearly all marked on the back with a dark cross . They step along briskly and are wary and independent , not at all like the poor ...
... light gray to black , but all with light bellies and the wide white ring around the gray nose , and nearly all marked on the back with a dark cross . They step along briskly and are wary and independent , not at all like the poor ...
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