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Page 63
... gave me a complete knowledge of human nature . I do not suppose anyone can hope to have that . I have been studying it , consciously and subconsciously , for forty years and I still find men unaccountable ; people I know intimately can ...
... gave me a complete knowledge of human nature . I do not suppose anyone can hope to have that . I have been studying it , consciously and subconsciously , for forty years and I still find men unaccountable ; people I know intimately can ...
Page 128
... gave that artificiality which verse had once given to drama so that a different standard of verisimilitude was set and improbability was acceptable if only it gave rise to situation . It gave the oppor- tunity for all manner of novel ...
... gave that artificiality which verse had once given to drama so that a different standard of verisimilitude was set and improbability was acceptable if only it gave rise to situation . It gave the oppor- tunity for all manner of novel ...
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... gave me was exquisite , but I could not preserve it , nor could I indefinitely repeat it ; the most beautiful things in the world finished by boring me . I noticed that I got a more lasting satis- faction from works of a more tentative ...
... gave me was exquisite , but I could not preserve it , nor could I indefinitely repeat it ; the most beautiful things in the world finished by boring me . I noticed that I got a more lasting satis- faction from works of a more tentative ...
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