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... seemed to me that the only sensible thing was to aim at what excellence I could within them . I knew that I had no lyrical quality . I had a small vocabulary and no efforts that I could make to enlarge it much availed me . I had little ...
... seemed to me that the only sensible thing was to aim at what excellence I could within them . I knew that I had no lyrical quality . I had a small vocabulary and no efforts that I could make to enlarge it much availed me . I had little ...
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... seemed to offer a chance of gaining the greater experience that I wanted and I read everything I could lay my hands on . 22 I LIVED AT THIS time in a group of young men who had by nature gifts that seemed to me much superior to mine ...
... seemed to offer a chance of gaining the greater experience that I wanted and I read everything I could lay my hands on . 22 I LIVED AT THIS time in a group of young men who had by nature gifts that seemed to me much superior to mine ...
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... seemed to me , is merely his effort to attach the prestige of truth to the fictions he has invented to satisfy his self - conceit . 76 BEAUTY STANDS IN a better case . For many years I thought that it was beauty alone that gave ...
... seemed to me , is merely his effort to attach the prestige of truth to the fictions he has invented to satisfy his self - conceit . 76 BEAUTY STANDS IN a better case . For many years I thought that it was beauty alone that gave ...
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