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... the most interesting and consistently amusing talker I ever knew was Edmund Gosse . He had read a great deal , though not very carefully , it appears , and his conversation was extremely intelligent . [ 4 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... the most interesting and consistently amusing talker I ever knew was Edmund Gosse . He had read a great deal , though not very carefully , it appears , and his conversation was extremely intelligent . [ 4 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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W. SOMER MAUGHAI. but it has some amusing scenes in it . The others fell between two stools . One portrayed the narrow , hide- bound life of country gentlefolk ; the other , the po- litical and financial world ; with both of which I had ...
W. SOMER MAUGHAI. but it has some amusing scenes in it . The others fell between two stools . One portrayed the narrow , hide- bound life of country gentlefolk ; the other , the po- litical and financial world ; with both of which I had ...
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... amusing dialogue , and an eye for theatrically effective character . The influence of Shaw led him to attach importance to ideas that were somewhat commonplace and to suppose that the natural discursiveness of his mind was a virtue . If ...
... amusing dialogue , and an eye for theatrically effective character . The influence of Shaw led him to attach importance to ideas that were somewhat commonplace and to suppose that the natural discursiveness of his mind was a virtue . If ...
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