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Page 99
... exciting and mysterious . In the civilized world of the eighteenth century the actors gave life a touch of fantasy . Their disorderly existence was a lure to the imagination in the Age of Reason and the heroic parts they played , the ...
... exciting and mysterious . In the civilized world of the eighteenth century the actors gave life a touch of fantasy . Their disorderly existence was a lure to the imagination in the Age of Reason and the heroic parts they played , the ...
Page 105
... exciting . I began to think that I should never be able to write a piece that a leading lady liked well enough to insist on playing and so tried my hand at a man's play . I wrote Jack Straw . I had been under the impression that the ...
... exciting . I began to think that I should never be able to write a piece that a leading lady liked well enough to insist on playing and so tried my hand at a man's play . I wrote Jack Straw . I had been under the impression that the ...
Page 268
... exciting than plain goodness . Goodness in comparison is a trifle dull . But love has two meanings , love pure and simple , sexual love , namely ; and loving - kindness . I do not think that even Plato distinguished them with exactness ...
... exciting than plain goodness . Goodness in comparison is a trifle dull . But love has two meanings , love pure and simple , sexual love , namely ; and loving - kindness . I do not think that even Plato distinguished them with exactness ...
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