The ʻshaggy Dogʼ Story: Its Origin, Development, and Nature (with a Few Seemly Examples) |
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... human beings — that is , pre- dominantly with human beings , especially with one as the principal character , one might almost say ' the hero ' . A. DOGS From the fairly numerous British ' shaggy dogs ' about dogs , I select five . In ...
... human beings — that is , pre- dominantly with human beings , especially with one as the principal character , one might almost say ' the hero ' . A. DOGS From the fairly numerous British ' shaggy dogs ' about dogs , I select five . In ...
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... HUMAN BEINGS In the following stories we do not see men at either their spiritual or their intellectual best . We do see them in a whimsical and occasionally endearing light . This , after all , is not a magnum opus devoted to research ...
... HUMAN BEINGS In the following stories we do not see men at either their spiritual or their intellectual best . We do see them in a whimsical and occasionally endearing light . This , after all , is not a magnum opus devoted to research ...
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... human beings , ' shaggy dogs ' about , 56 , 90-104 humanity of the ' shaggy dog ' , the warm , 27 , 36 , 99 , 104 inconsequence , 43 , 104 kangaroo story , a , 75–77 Lambert , Leslie Harrison . See Alan , A. J. Latin , parallels in , 14 ...
... human beings , ' shaggy dogs ' about , 56 , 90-104 humanity of the ' shaggy dog ' , the warm , 27 , 36 , 99 , 104 inconsequence , 43 , 104 kangaroo story , a , 75–77 Lambert , Leslie Harrison . See Alan , A. J. Latin , parallels in , 14 ...
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