The London Mercury, Volume 16Field Press Limited, 1927 - English literature |
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... whole philosophy was founded on his emotions ; and I am told that emotions are not held in high esteem by the young . To take things as they come , and to examine them rather carefully , and to dismiss them rather lightly , appears to ...
... whole philosophy was founded on his emotions ; and I am told that emotions are not held in high esteem by the young . To take things as they come , and to examine them rather carefully , and to dismiss them rather lightly , appears to ...
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... whole of that great album ( which I once showed you ) containing all that I have been able to collect of his not- republished work for the daily and weekly press . I found in this exercise a sovereign anodyne for pain . You know of old ...
... whole of that great album ( which I once showed you ) containing all that I have been able to collect of his not- republished work for the daily and weekly press . I found in this exercise a sovereign anodyne for pain . You know of old ...
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... whole - hearted ; and on the ethical side they argued that , though the Almighty had set his canon against self - slaughter , their readers must remember that Argallo , wrongly no doubt , but honestly and with deep conviction , had held ...
... whole - hearted ; and on the ethical side they argued that , though the Almighty had set his canon against self - slaughter , their readers must remember that Argallo , wrongly no doubt , but honestly and with deep conviction , had held ...
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and he told me that he would continue to devote his whole life to his uncle's service . This resolve , I inwardly foresaw , would entail vast exertions in the immediate future . Even the natural death of an eminent writer greatly ...
and he told me that he would continue to devote his whole life to his uncle's service . This resolve , I inwardly foresaw , would entail vast exertions in the immediate future . Even the natural death of an eminent writer greatly ...
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... whole face - forehead and chin and every- thing by heart . He often showed me the album . He mentions it in one of the other letters about you . >> " He wrote other letters about me ? I mean about— ” " The second one is more about your ...
... whole face - forehead and chin and every- thing by heart . He often showed me the album . He mentions it in one of the other letters about you . >> " He wrote other letters about me ? I mean about— ” " The second one is more about your ...
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