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... took less interest in it . Playgoers began to be ready to observe the actions of people of their own class , the well - to - do merchants and pro- fessional men who were then conducting the affairs of the country ; and the rule , though ...
... took less interest in it . Playgoers began to be ready to observe the actions of people of their own class , the well - to - do merchants and pro- fessional men who were then conducting the affairs of the country ; and the rule , though ...
Page 107
... took all this to - do as natural . One evening when I was dining alone at my club a fellow - member , but a stranger to me , was entertaining a guest at the next table to mine ; they were going to one of my plays and began to talk of me ...
... took all this to - do as natural . One evening when I was dining alone at my club a fellow - member , but a stranger to me , was entertaining a guest at the next table to mine ; they were going to one of my plays and began to talk of me ...
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... took a larger number of persons than I had ever sought to cope with before and devised four or five independent stories . They were attached to one another by a very thin thread , an elderly woman who knew at least one person in each ...
... took a larger number of persons than I had ever sought to cope with before and devised four or five independent stories . They were attached to one another by a very thin thread , an elderly woman who knew at least one person in each ...
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