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... body ! Here we see the result . They have organized a Sabbath - day pro- cession of scarecrows and buffoons ! ' Sometimes I too go to church . I wait until Sea Foam , the preacher , walks pompously past , wearing his bandmaster hat and ...
... body ! Here we see the result . They have organized a Sabbath - day pro- cession of scarecrows and buffoons ! ' Sometimes I too go to church . I wait until Sea Foam , the preacher , walks pompously past , wearing his bandmaster hat and ...
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... body of a dead baby . Thus most native names are acquired . A man may be called Sickness , because of some illness in the family at the time of his birth , or Many Fish , in honor of a record catch of albacore . As I have said , Wail ...
... body of a dead baby . Thus most native names are acquired . A man may be called Sickness , because of some illness in the family at the time of his birth , or Many Fish , in honor of a record catch of albacore . As I have said , Wail ...
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... body . In some cases Jeffrey's invo- cations cure , for they create a hopeful state of mind in the sick person , who believes that the malignant spirit is being driven out . The third method of treatment is disastrous in most cases ...
... body . In some cases Jeffrey's invo- cations cure , for they create a hopeful state of mind in the sick person , who believes that the malignant spirit is being driven out . The third method of treatment is disastrous in most cases ...
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... body . Screech after screech cut through the still night air , but at length these sub- sided and the death chant burst forth . How is one to describe such a song with nothing of the sort from civilized lands to be used as a comparison ...
... body . Screech after screech cut through the still night air , but at length these sub- sided and the death chant burst forth . How is one to describe such a song with nothing of the sort from civilized lands to be used as a comparison ...
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... body they are scattered by the thousand through the water . They bear exactly the same amount of resemblance to their parent that a horned toad does to a pussycat . The head and thorax part is enormous , and is made up chiefly of two ...
... body they are scattered by the thousand through the water . They bear exactly the same amount of resemblance to their parent that a horned toad does to a pussycat . The head and thorax part is enormous , and is made up chiefly of two ...
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