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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 foolscap sheets of correc- tions . 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 foolscap sheets of correc- tions . I must confess that at the first glance I was a trifle vexed ; but then I ...
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... took a rest for two years and at the end of it wrote The Land of Promise . This had been played to crowded houses for some months when the war broke out . I had produced ten plays in seven years . The intelli- gentsia , having passed ...
... took a rest for two years and at the end of it wrote The Land of Promise . This had been played to crowded houses for some months when the war broke out . I had produced ten plays in seven years . The intelli- gentsia , having passed ...
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... took a more modest view of their functions than they have lately done . Then they confined themselves to cutting where the author had been long - winded and disguising by their in- genuity his errors of construction ; they arranged the ...
... took a more modest view of their functions than they have lately done . Then they confined themselves to cutting where the author had been long - winded and disguising by their in- genuity his errors of construction ; they arranged the ...
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