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... passing moment . He was the first of the rococo artists . If Swift reminds you of a French canal Dryden recalls an English river winding its cheerful way round hills , through quietly busy towns and by nestling villages , pausing now in ...
... passing moment . He was the first of the rococo artists . If Swift reminds you of a French canal Dryden recalls an English river winding its cheerful way round hills , through quietly busy towns and by nestling villages , pausing now in ...
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... passing moment might linger so that I could get more enjoyment from it , for even when it has brought me something I had immensely looked for- ward to , my imagination in the very moment of ful- filment has been busy with the ...
... passing moment might linger so that I could get more enjoyment from it , for even when it has brought me something I had immensely looked for- ward to , my imagination in the very moment of ful- filment has been busy with the ...
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... passing fashion , but as Heaven's first law ; and the notion prevailed that anyone who had artistic leanings and wanted to write short stories must write stories like Chekhov . Several writ- ers transplanted Russian melancholy , Russian ...
... passing fashion , but as Heaven's first law ; and the notion prevailed that anyone who had artistic leanings and wanted to write short stories must write stories like Chekhov . Several writ- ers transplanted Russian melancholy , Russian ...
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