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... sometimes even pleasure , not to have to stop and heed the thing , but merely to note it in passing at an expected place or time : " Yes , there you are . ” Our world grows ever richer with the extension of this easy mastery to less and ...
... sometimes even pleasure , not to have to stop and heed the thing , but merely to note it in passing at an expected place or time : " Yes , there you are . ” Our world grows ever richer with the extension of this easy mastery to less and ...
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... sometimes money , both of which might be worse spent ) ; it is a pursuit without danger of boredom , and without any ... sometime , anytime — but again at a particular time and place , that it will have a seasonal return to the place in ...
... sometimes money , both of which might be worse spent ) ; it is a pursuit without danger of boredom , and without any ... sometime , anytime — but again at a particular time and place , that it will have a seasonal return to the place in ...
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... sometimes mentioning the weather , some- times the crops to be planted or harvested , sometimes the pests to be dealt with , sometimes the chores to be seen to . Take this stanza : In the seventh month the Fire ebbs [ Scorpio sinking ] ...
... sometimes mentioning the weather , some- times the crops to be planted or harvested , sometimes the pests to be dealt with , sometimes the chores to be seen to . Take this stanza : In the seventh month the Fire ebbs [ Scorpio sinking ] ...
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