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Page 37
... perhaps a native lack of precision in thought , perhaps a naļve delight in fine words for their own sake , an innate eccentricity and love of embroidery , I do not know ; but the fact remains that ever since , English prose has had to ...
... perhaps a native lack of precision in thought , perhaps a naļve delight in fine words for their own sake , an innate eccentricity and love of embroidery , I do not know ; but the fact remains that ever since , English prose has had to ...
Page 49
... Perhaps it was a natural sense of tidiness that engaged me , when still so young , to design a pattern for my life ; perhaps it was due to something I discovered in myself about which I shall have a little to say later . The defect of ...
... Perhaps it was a natural sense of tidiness that engaged me , when still so young , to design a pattern for my life ; perhaps it was due to something I discovered in myself about which I shall have a little to say later . The defect of ...
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... perhaps it is not an illusion that our wills are free . The bishops and the deans have snatched at this new notion as though it were the devil's tail by which they hoped to drag the old devil himself back into exist- ence . There has ...
... perhaps it is not an illusion that our wills are free . The bishops and the deans have snatched at this new notion as though it were the devil's tail by which they hoped to drag the old devil himself back into exist- ence . There has ...
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