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... idea without terror . Fortunately for the rest of us , there are very few new ideas about . # If one pursuit has come to be considered nobler than another it is either because it was at one time more essential , as for ex- ample the ...
... idea without terror . Fortunately for the rest of us , there are very few new ideas about . # If one pursuit has come to be considered nobler than another it is either because it was at one time more essential , as for ex- ample the ...
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... , a life of warfare and sober counsels , labour and watchfulness . " On the other hand , sometimes his phrases run away with him , then and is heaped upon and , idea upon idea , till one cannot [ 56 ] A WRITER'S NOTEBOOK.
... , a life of warfare and sober counsels , labour and watchfulness . " On the other hand , sometimes his phrases run away with him , then and is heaped upon and , idea upon idea , till one cannot [ 56 ] A WRITER'S NOTEBOOK.
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William Somerset Maugham. upon and , idea upon idea , till one cannot make head or tail of the meaning ; and the sentence at last tails off obscurely , un- finished , incomplete and ungrammatical . On occasion , however , these ...
William Somerset Maugham. upon and , idea upon idea , till one cannot make head or tail of the meaning ; and the sentence at last tails off obscurely , un- finished , incomplete and ungrammatical . On occasion , however , these ...
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