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... hand unique material and he made unparalleled use of it . In no mode is he less than himself ; from closely reasoned argument to the most delicate humour , from immortal single phrases to the sustained poetic inspiration of the great ...
... hand unique material and he made unparalleled use of it . In no mode is he less than himself ; from closely reasoned argument to the most delicate humour , from immortal single phrases to the sustained poetic inspiration of the great ...
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... hand it will be feeble merely to call it long ; call it évdekáπηxv ( eleven cubits ) and it will convey something to the audience , like the weight of a tennis racket , or the difference between a number 2 and a number 5 iron . If there ...
... hand it will be feeble merely to call it long ; call it évdekáπηxv ( eleven cubits ) and it will convey something to the audience , like the weight of a tennis racket , or the difference between a number 2 and a number 5 iron . If there ...
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... hand neighbour is a man whose bad manners the comic writers have often pilloried - deservedly pilloried , you are beginning to think . Altogether , life in a democratic city seems to you less pleasant in practice than in theory . But ...
... hand neighbour is a man whose bad manners the comic writers have often pilloried - deservedly pilloried , you are beginning to think . Altogether , life in a democratic city seems to you less pleasant in practice than in theory . But ...
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