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Page 192
... speak with them , but I have found no common language in which I could converse with them . They have filled me with timidity . Now that I have read Main Street I feel that I am no longer quite unfamiliar with them . I can give them ...
... speak with them , but I have found no common language in which I could converse with them . They have filled me with timidity . Now that I have read Main Street I feel that I am no longer quite unfamiliar with them . I can give them ...
Page 248
... speak of it are exaggerated , and to describe it as a great masterpiece is absurd . The intrigue is inane . The dialogue is praised for its naturalness and doubtless it is written in an easy and idiomatic language ; but every one of the ...
... speak of it are exaggerated , and to describe it as a great masterpiece is absurd . The intrigue is inane . The dialogue is praised for its naturalness and doubtless it is written in an easy and idiomatic language ; but every one of the ...
Page 277
... speak more than a few words to him in a week . But he was a strong man in the prime of life , and I asked him whether his natural energy had sufficient outlet . He said that he was fortunate in that he was one of the few persons who had ...
... speak more than a few words to him in a week . But he was a strong man in the prime of life , and I asked him whether his natural energy had sufficient outlet . He said that he was fortunate in that he was one of the few persons who had ...
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