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... heart for the stupid and now he looked upon them with a feeling of unexpected kindliness . He would have liked to pat them gently . But he answered the question with gravity . " To tell you the truth , I am a very sound sleeper ( the ...
... heart for the stupid and now he looked upon them with a feeling of unexpected kindliness . He would have liked to pat them gently . But he answered the question with gravity . " To tell you the truth , I am a very sound sleeper ( the ...
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... heart ; love like that is no pleasure ; it is pain , pain , but the exquisite pain that transcends all pleasure . It is that heavenly anguish that the saints speak of when they are seized with a divine ecstasy . I knew that she must not ...
... heart ; love like that is no pleasure ; it is pain , pain , but the exquisite pain that transcends all pleasure . It is that heavenly anguish that the saints speak of when they are seized with a divine ecstasy . I knew that she must not ...
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... heart pleasant recollections . The Strada di Chiaia was as noisy as ever . He stood at corners and looked up the narrow alleys that climbed the hill precipitously , those alleys of high houses with the washing set out to dry on lines ...
... heart pleasant recollections . The Strada di Chiaia was as noisy as ever . He stood at corners and looked up the narrow alleys that climbed the hill precipitously , those alleys of high houses with the washing set out to dry on lines ...
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