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... believe a man was very intent on ploughing a furrow if he carried a hoop with him and jumped through it at every other step . A good style should show no sign of effort . What is writ- ten should seem a happy accident . I think no one ...
... believe a man was very intent on ploughing a furrow if he carried a hoop with him and jumped through it at every other step . A good style should show no sign of effort . What is writ- ten should seem a happy accident . I think no one ...
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... believe is their reality they can look upon reality as make - believe . 32 I BEGAN TO write plays , as do most young writers , I expect , because it seemed less difficult to set down on paper the things people said than to construct ...
... believe is their reality they can look upon reality as make - believe . 32 I BEGAN TO write plays , as do most young writers , I expect , because it seemed less difficult to set down on paper the things people said than to construct ...
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... believe that a man can doubt his wife's fidelity because someone tells him he has found her handkerchief in somebody else's possession , well and good , that is suffi- cient motive for his jealousy ; if they will believe that a six ...
... believe that a man can doubt his wife's fidelity because someone tells him he has found her handkerchief in somebody else's possession , well and good , that is suffi- cient motive for his jealousy ; if they will believe that a six ...
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