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... words . He liked the stronger word rather than the euphonious . To give an example , I had written that a statue would be placed in a certain square and he suggested that I should write : the statue will stand . I had not done that ...
... words . He liked the stronger word rather than the euphonious . To give an example , I had written that a statue would be placed in a certain square and he suggested that I should write : the statue will stand . I had not done that ...
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... words on paper at all , and when they are there , out of his own brain , if not straight from heaven , he looks upon them as sacred . He cannot bear to sacrifice one of them . I well remember Henry Arthur Jones showing me one of his ...
... words on paper at all , and when they are there , out of his own brain , if not straight from heaven , he looks upon them as sacred . He cannot bear to sacrifice one of them . I well remember Henry Arthur Jones showing me one of his ...
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... words , one with a grim , sardonic humour , the other with a puzzled exasperation ; the words were : “ They don't want me any more . I thought I would go while the going was good . xlii But I had several plays still in my head . Two or ...
... words , one with a grim , sardonic humour , the other with a puzzled exasperation ; the words were : “ They don't want me any more . I thought I would go while the going was good . xlii But I had several plays still in my head . Two or ...
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