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On the coastal side of the mountains , the western Diegueños , Luiseños , and Gabrieliños lived on the berries and seeds of the chaparral ( the “ little forest ” of shrubs covering the hills ) , on the fruit of the cactus , on acorns ...
On the coastal side of the mountains , the western Diegueños , Luiseños , and Gabrieliños lived on the berries and seeds of the chaparral ( the “ little forest ” of shrubs covering the hills ) , on the fruit of the cactus , on acorns ...
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Over the centuries the gullies have deepened and have collected a detritus of rocks washed from the sides or from above . Here at the untidy foot of the mountains , in the " unswept stone besmeared with sluttish time , " are rock ...
Over the centuries the gullies have deepened and have collected a detritus of rocks washed from the sides or from above . Here at the untidy foot of the mountains , in the " unswept stone besmeared with sluttish time , " are rock ...
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If one breaks through the dull ceiling in an airplane , the upper side , in full sunlight , is like a dazzling hummocky snowfield , stretching out in an immense plain , broken by nearer hilltops and farther peaks , San Gorgonio and San ...
If one breaks through the dull ceiling in an airplane , the upper side , in full sunlight , is like a dazzling hummocky snowfield , stretching out in an immense plain , broken by nearer hilltops and farther peaks , San Gorgonio and San ...
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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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