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Page 13
... things our end can no longer be remote . An occasional glance at the obituary column of The Times has suggested to me that the sixties are very unhealthy ; I have long thought that it would exasperate me to die before I had written this ...
... things our end can no longer be remote . An occasional glance at the obituary column of The Times has suggested to me that the sixties are very unhealthy ; I have long thought that it would exasperate me to die before I had written this ...
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... thing was incredible . To audiences who had been forced to sit through plays in which love was the motive of the ... things must be put on the stage in an exaggerated way ( and it should never be forgot- ten that Shaw is an extremely ...
... thing was incredible . To audiences who had been forced to sit through plays in which love was the motive of the ... things must be put on the stage in an exaggerated way ( and it should never be forgot- ten that Shaw is an extremely ...
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... things beautiful because they remind us of objects , people or places , that we have loved or to which the passage of time has lent a sentimental value . We find things beautiful because we recognize them and contrariwise we find things ...
... things beautiful because they remind us of objects , people or places , that we have loved or to which the passage of time has lent a sentimental value . We find things beautiful because we recognize them and contrariwise we find things ...
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