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Page 74
... notion that the electrician only forgot his work because he was so ab- sorbed in the play . Perhaps a little scene is repeated ; then effective positions are arranged and with sudden blares of flashlight photographs are taken . The ...
... notion that the electrician only forgot his work because he was so ab- sorbed in the play . Perhaps a little scene is repeated ; then effective positions are arranged and with sudden blares of flashlight photographs are taken . The ...
Page 126
... notion that anyone can write well enough to write a book . Writing seems now the favourite relaxation of the human race . Whole families will take to it as in happier times they entered religious houses . Women will write novels to ...
... notion that anyone can write well enough to write a book . Writing seems now the favourite relaxation of the human race . Whole families will take to it as in happier times they entered religious houses . Women will write novels to ...
Page 200
... notion as though it was the devil's tail by which they hoped to drag the old devil himself back into existence . There has been great rejoicing , if not in the courts of heaven , at all events in the palaces of the episcopacy . Perhaps ...
... notion as though it was the devil's tail by which they hoped to drag the old devil himself back into existence . There has been great rejoicing , if not in the courts of heaven , at all events in the palaces of the episcopacy . Perhaps ...
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