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Page 83
... look up and saw the clouds lit by the setting sun . I paused to look at the lovely sight and I thought to myself : Thank God , I can look at a sunset now without having to think how to describe it . I meant then never to write another ...
... look up and saw the clouds lit by the setting sun . I paused to look at the lovely sight and I thought to myself : Thank God , I can look at a sunset now without having to think how to describe it . I meant then never to write another ...
Page 92
... look upon revenge as discreditable : I ventured once to suggest that the liberation of women and their new - won sexual freedom had so altered men's views on the im- portance of chastity that jealousy was no longer a theme for tragedy ...
... look upon revenge as discreditable : I ventured once to suggest that the liberation of women and their new - won sexual freedom had so altered men's views on the im- portance of chastity that jealousy was no longer a theme for tragedy ...
Page 187
... look upon those of others , which seem so often un- merited , with an equal mind . If Karma were true one could look upon them with pity , but with fortitude . Revulsion would be out of place and life would be robbed of the ...
... look upon those of others , which seem so often un- merited , with an equal mind . If Karma were true one could look upon them with pity , but with fortitude . Revulsion would be out of place and life would be robbed of the ...
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