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Page 14
... told me that no one took any notice . He also told me that my grandfather was the ugliest little man he ever saw . I went once to the building of the Incorporated Society in Chancery Lane to see for myself if he was really so ugly as ...
... told me that no one took any notice . He also told me that my grandfather was the ugliest little man he ever saw . I went once to the building of the Incorporated Society in Chancery Lane to see for myself if he was really so ugly as ...
Page 16
... told that they were known in the Paris of that day as Beauty and the Beast . Her father was in the army ; he died in India and his widow , my grandmother , after squandering a considerable fortune , settled down in France to live on her ...
... told that they were known in the Paris of that day as Beauty and the Beast . Her father was in the army ; he died in India and his widow , my grandmother , after squandering a considerable fortune , settled down in France to live on her ...
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... told a friend that in due course I should be one of the most successful dramatists of the day . I suppose he saw in it directness and an effective way of presenting a scene that suggested a sense of the theatre . My language was ...
... told a friend that in due course I should be one of the most successful dramatists of the day . I suppose he saw in it directness and an effective way of presenting a scene that suggested a sense of the theatre . My language was ...
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