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... mystery : Chieftain Iffucan of Azcan in caftan Of tan with henna hackles , halt ! This opening of his short poem ' Bantams in Pine - Wood ' is vivid and concrete , verbally amusing , yet mysterious ( in spite of its numerous explicators ) ...
... mystery : Chieftain Iffucan of Azcan in caftan Of tan with henna hackles , halt ! This opening of his short poem ' Bantams in Pine - Wood ' is vivid and concrete , verbally amusing , yet mysterious ( in spite of its numerous explicators ) ...
Page 189
... mystery . The mystery can be apparent in ordinary earthly things , and indeed can be apprehended as more uncanny in such a context . In spite of Eternity , of the mysteries of the universe , of the challenge of the night sky , it is ...
... mystery . The mystery can be apparent in ordinary earthly things , and indeed can be apprehended as more uncanny in such a context . In spite of Eternity , of the mysteries of the universe , of the challenge of the night sky , it is ...
Page 211
... mysterious , for the psalm has opened by describing the mood of incredulous gratitude after the return from captivity ... mystery any more than the pious old men who gabbled through the whole Book of Psalms at high speed recognized for a ...
... mysterious , for the psalm has opened by describing the mood of incredulous gratitude after the return from captivity ... mystery any more than the pious old men who gabbled through the whole Book of Psalms at high speed recognized for a ...
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