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Page 114
... wanted to enjoy it . I wanted to get all I possibly could out of it . I was not satisfied with the appreciation of a small band of intellectuals . I had my doubts about their quality , for I had been to a stupid and rather common little ...
... wanted to enjoy it . I wanted to get all I possibly could out of it . I was not satisfied with the appreciation of a small band of intellectuals . I had my doubts about their quality , for I had been to a stupid and rather common little ...
Page 119
... wanted to see what I could do with more complicated subjects , I wanted to make one or two small technical experiments which I thought would be theatrically effective , and I wanted to see how far I could go with the public . I wrote ...
... wanted to see what I could do with more complicated subjects , I wanted to make one or two small technical experiments which I thought would be theatrically effective , and I wanted to see how far I could go with the public . I wrote ...
Page 196
... wanted to recover my peace of mind shattered through my own foolishness and vanity by occurrences upon which I need not dwell and so made up my mind to go to the South Seas . I had wanted to go ever since as a youth I had read The Ebb ...
... wanted to recover my peace of mind shattered through my own foolishness and vanity by occurrences upon which I need not dwell and so made up my mind to go to the South Seas . I had wanted to go ever since as a youth I had read The Ebb ...
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