Twentieth-century American Literature, 6. köideChelsea House Publishers, 1985 |
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... suggests and then rejects a series of escapes : the book is put down , the pillowed chair abandoned , and the predicting instruments— barometer , thermometer , and clock - set aside as fragile and inconsequential . The " sole defense ...
... suggests and then rejects a series of escapes : the book is put down , the pillowed chair abandoned , and the predicting instruments— barometer , thermometer , and clock - set aside as fragile and inconsequential . The " sole defense ...
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... suggests the hand , and when the body dies , the hand has the appear- ance of a leaf deprived of its source of life . This deprivation resembles the kind of separation suffered by a leaf cut away from its tree , a flower taken from its ...
... suggests the hand , and when the body dies , the hand has the appear- ance of a leaf deprived of its source of life . This deprivation resembles the kind of separation suffered by a leaf cut away from its tree , a flower taken from its ...
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... suggests that what is to follow is to be no soulful , melancholy outpouring of grief : " Your daughter is dead , ' said Loingsechan . And an only daughter is the needle of the heart , ' said Suibne . ' Dead is your son who used to call ...
... suggests that what is to follow is to be no soulful , melancholy outpouring of grief : " Your daughter is dead , ' said Loingsechan . And an only daughter is the needle of the heart , ' said Suibne . ' Dead is your son who used to call ...
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