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... called pathetic fallacy , though I was tempted . Perhaps one should call the sort of experience I have been talking about " poetic " to distinguish it from the more objec- tive , detached , " scientific ” kind of observation the human ...
... called pathetic fallacy , though I was tempted . Perhaps one should call the sort of experience I have been talking about " poetic " to distinguish it from the more objec- tive , detached , " scientific ” kind of observation the human ...
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... called " The Solitary Goose " : Gaggle upon gaggle return home beyond the frontier pass and are gone . Why do you wing your way alone ? Why do you call for your lost comrades ? Why do you come so late to your winter pool ? Against the ...
... called " The Solitary Goose " : Gaggle upon gaggle return home beyond the frontier pass and are gone . Why do you wing your way alone ? Why do you call for your lost comrades ? Why do you come so late to your winter pool ? Against the ...
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... called greasewood , but most truly and affectionately , by the Mexicans , hediondillo or " little stinker . " The size and spacing of the bushes is a sign of the degree of aridity of the desert floor ; they are healthy and large ( as ...
... called greasewood , but most truly and affectionately , by the Mexicans , hediondillo or " little stinker . " The size and spacing of the bushes is a sign of the degree of aridity of the desert floor ; they are healthy and large ( as ...
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