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... better now than I knew it then , and I have changed my mind about a good many things of which I wrote . Since it has ... better shown in other works . It is a tiresome allegory and the irony is facile . But the style is admirable ...
... better now than I knew it then , and I have changed my mind about a good many things of which I wrote . Since it has ... better shown in other works . It is a tiresome allegory and the irony is facile . But the style is admirable ...
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... better . I cannot say of myself what Johnson said of Pope : " He never passed a fault unamended by indifference ... better than the blunt , ob- vious one or when it gives a sentence a better balance . But , I hasten to add , though ...
... better . I cannot say of myself what Johnson said of Pope : " He never passed a fault unamended by indifference ... better than the blunt , ob- vious one or when it gives a sentence a better balance . But , I hasten to add , though ...
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... better . Those dramatists have followed a false trail who by a multitude of little scenes have tried to reproduce the rapid action and varied setting of the cinematograph . It has occurred to me that possibly the dramatist would be wise ...
... better . Those dramatists have followed a false trail who by a multitude of little scenes have tried to reproduce the rapid action and varied setting of the cinematograph . It has occurred to me that possibly the dramatist would be wise ...
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