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... took less interest in it . Playgoers began to be ready to observe the actions of people of their own class , the well - to - do merchants and professional men who were then conducting the affairs of the country ; and the rule , though ...
... took less interest in it . Playgoers began to be ready to observe the actions of people of their own class , the well - to - do merchants and professional men who were then conducting the affairs of the country ; and the rule , though ...
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... took me more literally than I intended . When she brought back the typescript on Monday morning it was accompanied by four toolscap sheets of corrections . I must confess that at the first glance I was a trifle vexed ; but then I ...
... took me more literally than I intended . When she brought back the typescript on Monday morning it was accompanied by four toolscap sheets of corrections . I must confess that at the first glance I was a trifle vexed ; but then I ...
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... took a larger number of persons than I had ever sought to cope with before and devised four or five independent stories . They were attached to one another by a very thin thread , an elderly woman who knew at least one person in each ...
... took a larger number of persons than I had ever sought to cope with before and devised four or five independent stories . They were attached to one another by a very thin thread , an elderly woman who knew at least one person in each ...
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