Dead Certainties: (unwarranted Speculations)Simon Schama, the author of The Embarrassment of Riches and Citizens, sets out to tell the history of two certainties, of two deaths. In discussing the speculations surrounding them, he finds himself involved in a history he cannot classify - the unpredictable history of stories. |
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... body of Dr. Parkman ? ” Constable Starkweather gave the official reply : " I wish you would not ask me questions , Dr. Web- ster , for you know I cannot answer them . " He seemed not to hear , staring past the man : " But you might tell ...
... body of Dr. Parkman ? ” Constable Starkweather gave the official reply : " I wish you would not ask me questions , Dr. Web- ster , for you know I cannot answer them . " He seemed not to hear , staring past the man : " But you might tell ...
Page 202
... body showed definite expertise in dissection . Well , he had not opened a body in twenty years . Littlefield , on the other hand , " had seen hundreds of bodies cut up , and attended post mortem examinations for years ; indeed might be ...
... body showed definite expertise in dissection . Well , he had not opened a body in twenty years . Littlefield , on the other hand , " had seen hundreds of bodies cut up , and attended post mortem examinations for years ; indeed might be ...
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... body ? " " Oh I never saw any part of it though I should imagine his body hair was pretty much the same as on his head , gray that is and ... " He was off again . Bemis smirked behind his notes while trying to keep his eyes decently ...
... body ? " " Oh I never saw any part of it though I should imagine his body hair was pretty much the same as on his head , gray that is and ... " He was off again . Bemis smirked behind his notes while trying to keep his eyes decently ...
Contents
At the Face of the Cliff | 3 |
In Command | 21 |
Deep in the Forest 68986 | 40 |
Copyright | |
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