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... perhaps a native lack of precision in thought , perhaps a naïve delight in fine words for their own sake , an innate eccentricity and love of embroidery , I do not know ; but the fact remains that ever since , English prose has had to ...
... perhaps a native lack of precision in thought , perhaps a naïve delight in fine words for their own sake , an innate eccentricity and love of embroidery , I do not know ; but the fact remains that ever since , English prose has had to ...
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... Perhaps it was a natural sense of tidiness that engaged me , when still so young , to design a pattern for my life ; perhaps it was due to something I dis- covered in myself about which I shall have a little to say later . The defect ...
... Perhaps it was a natural sense of tidiness that engaged me , when still so young , to design a pattern for my life ; perhaps it was due to something I dis- covered in myself about which I shall have a little to say later . The defect ...
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... Perhaps because our passions are less strong , perhaps even because the teaching of Christ has [ 129 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... Perhaps because our passions are less strong , perhaps even because the teaching of Christ has [ 129 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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