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Page 48
... seen from the gutter than from the hilltop . The keen- est pleasure to which the body is susceptible is that of sexual congress . I have known men who gave up their whole lives to this ; they are grown old now , but I have noticed , not ...
... seen from the gutter than from the hilltop . The keen- est pleasure to which the body is susceptible is that of sexual congress . I have known men who gave up their whole lives to this ; they are grown old now , but I have noticed , not ...
Page 64
... seen men through my own idiosyncrasies . A buoyant , optimistic , healthy and senti- mental person would have seen the same people quite differ- ently . I can only claim to have seen them coherently . Many writers seem to me not to ...
... seen men through my own idiosyncrasies . A buoyant , optimistic , healthy and senti- mental person would have seen the same people quite differ- ently . I can only claim to have seen them coherently . Many writers seem to me not to ...
Page 139
... seen them pitifully writing their own plays over and over again without an inkling that the times had changed ; I had seen others desperately attempting to capture the modern spirit and dis- mayed when their efforts were treated with ...
... seen them pitifully writing their own plays over and over again without an inkling that the times had changed ; I had seen others desperately attempting to capture the modern spirit and dis- mayed when their efforts were treated with ...
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