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Page 5
... longer . In youth the years stretch before one so long that it is hard to realize that they will ever pass , and even in middle age , with the ordinary expectation of life in these days , it is easy to find excuses for delaying what one ...
... longer . In youth the years stretch before one so long that it is hard to realize that they will ever pass , and even in middle age , with the ordinary expectation of life in these days , it is easy to find excuses for delaying what one ...
Page 107
... longer take any great interest in it . I was curious to see how it would act , but when once I had given it over to others , like a bitch who takes no more concern in her puppies when others have handled them , I could no longer look ...
... longer take any great interest in it . I was curious to see how it would act , but when once I had given it over to others , like a bitch who takes no more concern in her puppies when others have handled them , I could no longer look ...
Page 129
... longer at home with him . They may look upon him . with envy or with admiration , but no longer as one of themselves . The new world into which his success has brought him excites his imagination and he writes about it ; but he sees it ...
... longer at home with him . They may look upon him . with envy or with admiration , but no longer as one of themselves . The new world into which his success has brought him excites his imagination and he writes about it ; but he sees it ...
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