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... tion was in the air , whether Tom should have the Home Office and whether Dick would be satisfied with Ireland . I do not suppose that anyone today reads the novels of Mrs Humphry Ward , but dull though they may be , my recollection is ...
... tion was in the air , whether Tom should have the Home Office and whether Dick would be satisfied with Ireland . I do not suppose that anyone today reads the novels of Mrs Humphry Ward , but dull though they may be , my recollection is ...
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... tion so grand a conception as the Absolute , but from the standpoint of common sense , I am of no conse- quence whatever . It would have made small differ- ence to the universe if I had never existed . Though I may seem to write as ...
... tion so grand a conception as the Absolute , but from the standpoint of common sense , I am of no conse- quence whatever . It would have made small differ- ence to the universe if I had never existed . Though I may seem to write as ...
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... tion . It treats with indulgent cynicism the humours , follies and vices of the world of fashion . It is ur- bane , sentimental at times , for that is in the English character , and a trifle unreal . It does not preach : sometimes it ...
... tion . It treats with indulgent cynicism the humours , follies and vices of the world of fashion . It is ur- bane , sentimental at times , for that is in the English character , and a trifle unreal . It does not preach : sometimes it ...
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