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When once I happened to do a friend a good turn ( for what reasons , since I knew that all our actions were purely selfish , I did not stop to think ) and wanting to show his gratitude ( which of course he had no business to feel ...
When once I happened to do a friend a good turn ( for what reasons , since I knew that all our actions were purely selfish , I did not stop to think ) and wanting to show his gratitude ( which of course he had no business to feel ...
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When I say that plays are ephemeral , I am of course not speaking of plays in verse ; the greatest and noblest of the arts can lend its own life to the humble partner ; I am speaking of the plays in prose with which our modern theatre ...
When I say that plays are ephemeral , I am of course not speaking of plays in verse ; the greatest and noblest of the arts can lend its own life to the humble partner ; I am speaking of the plays in prose with which our modern theatre ...
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He owes his originality to an idiosyncrasy , not of course peculiar to himself , that had never before found expression on the stage . The English , whatever they were in the Elizabethan era , are not an amorous race .
He owes his originality to an idiosyncrasy , not of course peculiar to himself , that had never before found expression on the stage . The English , whatever they were in the Elizabethan era , are not an amorous race .
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| Title | THE SUMMING UP |
| Author | W. SOMER MAUGHAI |
| Published | 1938 |
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