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Page 72
... less solemn , less rhetorical , less packed with platitudes and didacticism , than similar books would have been half a century ago . The work of Mr. Lytton Strachey struck a new note in biographical literature . Fortunately for his ...
... less solemn , less rhetorical , less packed with platitudes and didacticism , than similar books would have been half a century ago . The work of Mr. Lytton Strachey struck a new note in biographical literature . Fortunately for his ...
Page 246
... less objectionable obstacle to American popularity in South America , but one which is , to my mind , less easy to over- come , being traceable to a basic differ- ence in Latin American and Anglo- American temperaments . The maxim ...
... less objectionable obstacle to American popularity in South America , but one which is , to my mind , less easy to over- come , being traceable to a basic differ- ence in Latin American and Anglo- American temperaments . The maxim ...
Page 280
... less subtle ' ( her amiable euphemism for my diffidence , for sub- tle , alas ! I could never be ) , telling women ' just what it is I think they ought to do ' to civilize a society . I suspect she guessed how tempting this large order ...
... less subtle ' ( her amiable euphemism for my diffidence , for sub- tle , alas ! I could never be ) , telling women ' just what it is I think they ought to do ' to civilize a society . I suspect she guessed how tempting this large order ...
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Prose | 10 |
JAMES TRUSLOW ADAMS 1 | 17 |
Accidents Dont Happen Curtis Billings 694 | 23 |
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