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Page 88
... audience on them so that the delay in their appearance increases the expectation . No one followed this practice ... audience to concern themselves with one character or two more than with the rest . With the interest thus dispersed it ...
... audience on them so that the delay in their appearance increases the expectation . No one followed this practice ... audience to concern themselves with one character or two more than with the rest . With the interest thus dispersed it ...
Page 96
... audience , and then , even though their average mentality is higher than the ordinary , they are subject to the reactions by which an audience is gov- erned . They are swayed by emotion rather than by rea- soning . They demand action ...
... audience , and then , even though their average mentality is higher than the ordinary , they are subject to the reactions by which an audience is gov- erned . They are swayed by emotion rather than by rea- soning . They demand action ...
Page 108
... audience . It must seem ungracious that I should express anything but gratitude to the public that has given me , if not fame , at least notoriety and a fortune that has enabled me to live in the same style as my father lived in before ...
... audience . It must seem ungracious that I should express anything but gratitude to the public that has given me , if not fame , at least notoriety and a fortune that has enabled me to live in the same style as my father lived in before ...
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