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... passing moment might linger so that I could get more enjoyment from it , for even when it has brought me something I had immensely looked forward to , my imagination in the very moment of fulfilment has been busy with the problematical ...
... passing moment might linger so that I could get more enjoyment from it , for even when it has brought me something I had immensely looked forward to , my imagination in the very moment of fulfilment has been busy with the problematical ...
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... passing fancies , to draw in one work after another a picture of life . It can never be more than a partial one , but if he is fortunate he will succeed in the end in doing something else ; he will draw a complete picture of himself ...
... passing fancies , to draw in one work after another a picture of life . It can never be more than a partial one , but if he is fortunate he will succeed in the end in doing something else ; he will draw a complete picture of himself ...
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... passing fashion , but as Heaven's first law ; and the notion prevailed that anyone who had artistic leanings and wanted to write short stories must write stories like Chekhov . Several writers transplanted Russian melan- choly , Russian ...
... passing fashion , but as Heaven's first law ; and the notion prevailed that anyone who had artistic leanings and wanted to write short stories must write stories like Chekhov . Several writers transplanted Russian melan- choly , Russian ...
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