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Suddenly , and in an instant , the whole marsh burst into clamor - every wild thing at once , as if on signal , calling out . In the general racket I could distinguish many sounds , but few certain — perhaps sandhill cranes , a coyote ...
Suddenly , and in an instant , the whole marsh burst into clamor - every wild thing at once , as if on signal , calling out . In the general racket I could distinguish many sounds , but few certain — perhaps sandhill cranes , a coyote ...
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Once we looked forward to chrysanthemums in the fall , their gold and bronze matching the season ; now they are the commonest of potted plants the year round in florists ' shops . I will have nothing to do with them except when they ...
Once we looked forward to chrysanthemums in the fall , their gold and bronze matching the season ; now they are the commonest of potted plants the year round in florists ' shops . I will have nothing to do with them except when they ...
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People of another sort , friendly but slovenly , were in the once neat house . The guest houses were still there , and clean enough , but now , we learned , kept open only for the duckhunters in season . We had no choice but to stay ...
People of another sort , friendly but slovenly , were in the once neat house . The guest houses were still there , and clean enough , but now , we learned , kept open only for the duckhunters in season . We had no choice but to stay ...
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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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