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... interest in the people . The method of which I speak is that which chooses from life what is curious , telling and dramatic ; it does not seek to copy life , but keeps to it closely enough not to shock the reader into disbelief ; it ...
... interest in the people . The method of which I speak is that which chooses from life what is curious , telling and dramatic ; it does not seek to copy life , but keeps to it closely enough not to shock the reader into disbelief ; it ...
Page 99
... interest to persons commonly thought so excruciatingly dull that their fellows fled from them as though they owed them money . It may be that here he was but indulging the professional instinct that was seldom dormant in him ; they ...
... interest to persons commonly thought so excruciatingly dull that their fellows fled from them as though they owed them money . It may be that here he was but indulging the professional instinct that was seldom dormant in him ; they ...
Page 173
... interest for a moment chasing away the sullen- ness from her face . " I know Heidelberg very well . I was at school there for one year . " Her English was correct , but throaty , and the mouth- ing emphasis she gave her words was ...
... interest for a moment chasing away the sullen- ness from her face . " I know Heidelberg very well . I was at school there for one year . " Her English was correct , but throaty , and the mouth- ing emphasis she gave her words was ...
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