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... meanings , I have been guilty of some distortion , for we hear the meaning through the poetry and by means of it , not apart from it . Our listening is not merely metaphorical , for how a thing is said is as important as what is said ...
... meanings , I have been guilty of some distortion , for we hear the meaning through the poetry and by means of it , not apart from it . Our listening is not merely metaphorical , for how a thing is said is as important as what is said ...
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... meaning implied in the painting by the compositional treatment of this particular episode is therefore complex , perhaps ambiguous , but hardly destructive . The primary focus on the acted - out parable puts the emphasis on the ...
... meaning implied in the painting by the compositional treatment of this particular episode is therefore complex , perhaps ambiguous , but hardly destructive . The primary focus on the acted - out parable puts the emphasis on the ...
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... meaning for the future . Or if there were , I did not notice it . ― But was that not precisely Bruegel's point ? How should I rec- ognize a sign if it were there ? Even a potentially significant event if it were happening ? I was myself ...
... meaning for the future . Or if there were , I did not notice it . ― But was that not precisely Bruegel's point ? How should I rec- ognize a sign if it were there ? Even a potentially significant event if it were happening ? I was myself ...
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