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tion , he was willing enough to let me do as I chose . My aunt greatly favoured my plan . She was herself German , penniless but of noble birth ; her family had a coat of arms with supporters and a great number of quarterings , of which ...
tion , he was willing enough to let me do as I chose . My aunt greatly favoured my plan . She was herself German , penniless but of noble birth ; her family had a coat of arms with supporters and a great number of quarterings , of which ...
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tion ; they arranged the positions of the actors and helped them to get the best out of their parts . I think it must have been Reinhardt who first exacted for the director a preponderating share in the collaboration .
tion ; they arranged the positions of the actors and helped them to get the best out of their parts . I think it must have been Reinhardt who first exacted for the director a preponderating share in the collaboration .
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tion . They will not know the easy , sheltered life which makes many who were at their prime before the war look upon those years as did the survivors of the French Revolution when they looked back on the Ancien Régime .
tion . They will not know the easy , sheltered life which makes many who were at their prime before the war look upon those years as did the survivors of the French Revolution when they looked back on the Ancien Régime .
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| Title | The Summing Up Volume 17 of Contemporary English series Volume 60 of Mentor books |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | Doubleday, 1954 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Feb 2011 |
| Length | 279 pages |
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