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  • He surpasses all beings in those arts called Cunning and

    Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology James Freeman Clarke 1849

  • He wrote besides those airy Fancies, several other Serious Pieces; as also a Comedy called the Cunning Lover.

    The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698 1687

  • An excellent piece by Ursula Dubosarsky published in the Australian Age awhile ago, looking at Vixen Sharp Ears aka The Cunning Little Vixen, a novella written by Czech Rudolf

    July 2008 2008

  • An excellent piece by Ursula Dubosarsky published in the Australian Age awhile ago, looking at Vixen Sharp Ears aka The Cunning Little Vixen, a novella written by Czech Rudolf

    Dark Light 2008

  • An excellent piece by Ursula Dubosarsky published in the Australian Age awhile ago, looking at Vixen Sharp Ears aka The Cunning Little Vixen, a novella written by Czech Rudolf

    Dark Light 2008

  • "Cunning" was the word used to describe the women who on the outside cultivated a maligned Mother-of-the-Year persona, yet subjected their children to painful and repeated medical testing.

    Cruel Deception Olsen, Gregg 1995

  • Cunning which is often a characteristic of narrow minds

    Quotations from Georg Ebers David Widger

  • Cunning which is often a characteristic of narrow minds

    Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867

  • Cunning which is often a characteristic of narrow minds

    Barbara Blomberg — Volume 04 Georg Ebers 1867

  • I've always loved the prescription to be as 'cunning as serpents & gentle as doves' 'Cunning' being used in its original sense of alertly using your brains!

    CathNews 2009

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