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... short he was handsome , with finely cut features and curly hair ; he had pale blue eyes and a wistful expression . He looked as one imagines a poet should look . As an old man , after a life of complete indolence , bald and emaciated ...
... short he was handsome , with finely cut features and curly hair ; he had pale blue eyes and a wistful expression . He looked as one imagines a poet should look . As an old man , after a life of complete indolence , bald and emaciated ...
Page 161
... short story perfection had been sometimes achieved , and though I could scarcely hope to reach it , I had a notion ... short novels which had attracted a good deal of attention ; among them were those of John Oliver Hobbs . They were ...
... short story perfection had been sometimes achieved , and though I could scarcely hope to reach it , I had a notion ... short novels which had attracted a good deal of attention ; among them were those of John Oliver Hobbs . They were ...
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... short stories for many years . I began my literary career by writing them and my third book was a collection of six . They were not good . After that I tried now and then to write stories for the magazines ; my agents pressed me to ...
... short stories for many years . I began my literary career by writing them and my third book was a collection of six . They were not good . After that I tried now and then to write stories for the magazines ; my agents pressed me to ...
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