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"inlooped flags" in Whitman's poem

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What's the connection between a boat and livery stables in "Stolen Ingots"?

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Which schools did Scottish novelist Alexander Trocchi attend?

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Did George R. R. Martin read Romance of The Three Kingdoms?

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Horatio Hornblower book as part of anthology?

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Where is the Kurdish principality of Botan?

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What does "Sensible plans of action clicked their wooden sides together without meaning," mean?

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Book about a girl who was rich and moves in with a family where she learns how to bake and make silk

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In Ko Un's short poem "In the very middle of the road", why does the narrator take a different path?

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Why did August Strindberg pick the names "Julie" and "Jean" for the protagonists of his play Miss Julie (1888)?

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Implication of "your four-in-hand takes the prize" in "His Last Bow"

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Story about two men walking through the forest

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Meaning of "profitably watch the expression on the face of a ship's figure" in "Stolen Ingots"?

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In the novel "Of Mice and Men", was Lenny Small a fundamentally good person?

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What does "loose-jointed" mean in this Sherlock Holmes passage?

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What's meant by "the illusion of the chapel ended" in The Just Men of Cordova?

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Meaning of "and a good halfpenny where 'twas a bad one" in Thomas Hardy's "Far from the Madding Crowd"

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Why did he die in "Philomel Cottage"?

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How Did Aldous Huxley Know So Much About Music?

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What were the "Leicestershire clowns"?

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How is Kimberly Clark a ghost in Janssen's "A Recurring Dream"?

answered May 10, 2019 at 10:18

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What is the figurative meaning of "were you not borne at home"?

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What does it mean to peer from a dewball?

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What did the oil tank in Wilson's garage look like in "The Great Gatsby"?

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What does "snapped out, made accidental, isolated, like ghosts" mean in "The Great Gatsby"?

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Why is "On Most Surfaces" titled the way that it is given that only one surface appears in the song itself?

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Meaning of "put in all the salt and pepper"

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What is the source of Hannah Arendt's quote about Les Mots by Sartre?

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Meaning of this Graham Greene quote: "A story has no beginning or end ..."

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Trying to find: short story about man meeting cannibal on train but escaping

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"inlooped flags" in Whitman's poem

What's the connection between a boat and livery stables in "Stolen Ingots"?

Which schools did Scottish novelist Alexander Trocchi attend?

Did George R. R. Martin read Romance of The Three Kingdoms?

Horatio Hornblower book as part of anthology?

Where is the Kurdish principality of Botan?

What does "Sensible plans of action clicked their wooden sides together without meaning," mean?

Book about a girl who was rich and moves in with a family where she learns how to bake and make silk

In Ko Un's short poem "In the very middle of the road", why does the narrator take a different path?

Why did August Strindberg pick the names "Julie" and "Jean" for the protagonists of his play Miss Julie (1888)?

Implication of "your four-in-hand takes the prize" in "His Last Bow"

Story about two men walking through the forest

Meaning of "profitably watch the expression on the face of a ship's figure" in "Stolen Ingots"?

In the novel "Of Mice and Men", was Lenny Small a fundamentally good person?

What does "loose-jointed" mean in this Sherlock Holmes passage?

What's meant by "the illusion of the chapel ended" in The Just Men of Cordova?

Meaning of "and a good halfpenny where 'twas a bad one" in Thomas Hardy's "Far from the Madding Crowd"

Why did he die in "Philomel Cottage"?

How Did Aldous Huxley Know So Much About Music?

What were the "Leicestershire clowns"?

How is Kimberly Clark a ghost in Janssen's "A Recurring Dream"?

What is the figurative meaning of "were you not borne at home"?

What does it mean to peer from a dewball?

What did the oil tank in Wilson's garage look like in "The Great Gatsby"?

What does "snapped out, made accidental, isolated, like ghosts" mean in "The Great Gatsby"?

Why is "On Most Surfaces" titled the way that it is given that only one surface appears in the song itself?

Meaning of "put in all the salt and pepper"

What is the source of Hannah Arendt's quote about Les Mots by Sartre?

Meaning of this Graham Greene quote: "A story has no beginning or end ..."

Trying to find: short story about man meeting cannibal on train but escaping