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... sense of predestinate doom fulfilled ? ' What perversely mischievous imp tempted Q to add this question to his ... sense of form L stronger than their sense of colour : some men have ' CLASSIC ' AND ' ROMANTIC ' 149.
... sense of predestinate doom fulfilled ? ' What perversely mischievous imp tempted Q to add this question to his ... sense of form L stronger than their sense of colour : some men have ' CLASSIC ' AND ' ROMANTIC ' 149.
Page 152
... sense of mystery , or at least of vagueness : there are all manner of half tones , lights and shades , and dim recesses : the details are in a sense subordinate to the total effect , but the total effect is one of incomparable richness ...
... sense of mystery , or at least of vagueness : there are all manner of half tones , lights and shades , and dim recesses : the details are in a sense subordinate to the total effect , but the total effect is one of incomparable richness ...
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... sense and reason , forgetting that the spirit of man cannot live by reason alone . There was , I suppose , more good sound sense talked in the eighteenth century than in any other century in our history . But there was also a great deal ...
... sense and reason , forgetting that the spirit of man cannot live by reason alone . There was , I suppose , more good sound sense talked in the eighteenth century than in any other century in our history . But there was also a great deal ...
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