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Page 78
... never even sung a hymn . I do not much like being touched and I have always to make a slight effort over myself not to draw away when someone links his arm in mine . I can never forget myself . The hysteria of the world repels me and I ...
... never even sung a hymn . I do not much like being touched and I have always to make a slight effort over myself not to draw away when someone links his arm in mine . I can never forget myself . The hysteria of the world repels me and I ...
Page 101
... never learn to speak the language of another country to perfection ; you will never know its people and its literature with complete intimacy . For they , and the literature which is their expression , are wrought , not only of the ...
... never learn to speak the language of another country to perfection ; you will never know its people and its literature with complete intimacy . For they , and the literature which is their expression , are wrought , not only of the ...
Page 103
... never ceased to find the theatrical gossip of the day absorbing . They loved the theatre and everything connected with it . They had greasepaint in their bones . I have never been like that . I like a theatre best when it is under dust ...
... never ceased to find the theatrical gossip of the day absorbing . They loved the theatre and everything connected with it . They had greasepaint in their bones . I have never been like that . I like a theatre best when it is under dust ...
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