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Page 139
... least popular of Shakespeare's greater plays . Audiences have felt that it was contemptible to throw away an empire for a woman's sake . In- deed if it were not founded on an accepted legend they would be unanimous in asserting that ...
... least popular of Shakespeare's greater plays . Audiences have felt that it was contemptible to throw away an empire for a woman's sake . In- deed if it were not founded on an accepted legend they would be unanimous in asserting that ...
Page 220
... least death finishes all our stories ; but even if it were it would not be a good argument . For the novelist claims to be an artist and the artist does not copy life , he makes an arrangement out of it to suit his own purposes . Just ...
... least death finishes all our stories ; but even if it were it would not be a good argument . For the novelist claims to be an artist and the artist does not copy life , he makes an arrangement out of it to suit his own purposes . Just ...
Page 281
... least resistance or the strongest motive . I am not conscious that I have always followed the line of least resistance , and if I have followed the strongest motive that motive has been an idea of myself that I have gradually evolved ...
... least resistance or the strongest motive . I am not conscious that I have always followed the line of least resistance , and if I have followed the strongest motive that motive has been an idea of myself that I have gradually evolved ...
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