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Page 24
... hard to breathe that dead , heavily scented atmosphere and sit in those hushed rooms in which it was indecorous to speak above a whisper . But I would not listen to my common sense . I persuaded myself that this was the height of ...
... hard to breathe that dead , heavily scented atmosphere and sit in those hushed rooms in which it was indecorous to speak above a whisper . But I would not listen to my common sense . I persuaded myself that this was the height of ...
Page 99
... hard , gemlike flame . I was too shy to tell them that I had written a novel and was halfway through another and it was a great mortification to me , burning as I was too with a hard , gemlike flame , to be treated as a philistine who ...
... hard , gemlike flame . I was too shy to tell them that I had written a novel and was halfway through another and it was a great mortification to me , burning as I was too with a hard , gemlike flame , to be treated as a philistine who ...
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... hard to believe that the æsthetic sense which enables men to appreciate it should be the privilege only of a class . It is not possible to maintain that a form of sensibility that is shared but by the elect can be a necessity of human ...
... hard to believe that the æsthetic sense which enables men to appreciate it should be the privilege only of a class . It is not possible to maintain that a form of sensibility that is shared but by the elect can be a necessity of human ...
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