The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 128Atlantic Monthly Company, 1921 - American essays |
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That is an interesting old volume on Cardinal Richelieu , if you care to look at it . I picked it up in Charing Cross Road for a shilling . ' The volume mentioned was immedi- ately above Henry Esmond . I took it down warily , expecting ...
That is an interesting old volume on Cardinal Richelieu , if you care to look at it . I picked it up in Charing Cross Road for a shilling . ' The volume mentioned was immedi- ately above Henry Esmond . I took it down warily , expecting ...
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... he said , ' but you may see him to - morrow . You are interested in books ? ' he added , seeing me looking at the shelves . ' I col- lect them . That is an interesting old volume on Cardinal Richelieu , if you care to look ...
... he said , ' but you may see him to - morrow . You are interested in books ? ' he added , seeing me looking at the shelves . ' I col- lect them . That is an interesting old volume on Cardinal Richelieu , if you care to look ...
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Let us look at this special vul- garity a little . When a good novel , say , is dramatized , it is practically always vulgarized . You cannot put a work of art into a different medium without , to a large extent , spoiling it .
Let us look at this special vul- garity a little . When a good novel , say , is dramatized , it is practically always vulgarized . You cannot put a work of art into a different medium without , to a large extent , spoiling it .
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But I have seen half a doz en of the best - known movie actresses , and the simple fact is that , when they register emotions in a close - up , they all look precisely alike . They grimace identically . Either it seems to me they have ...
But I have seen half a doz en of the best - known movie actresses , and the simple fact is that , when they register emotions in a close - up , they all look precisely alike . They grimace identically . Either it seems to me they have ...
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You would never guess , to look at a place on a map , what its aspect really is . Often I go to the map - room in the public library , where I ask for the Southern Cameroun . I look and look at that symbol of the African forest ...
You would never guess , to look at a place on a map , what its aspect really is . Often I go to the map - room in the public library , where I ask for the Southern Cameroun . I look and look at that symbol of the African forest ...
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