IntentionsDodd, Mead, 1905 - 258 pages |
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Page 3
... dear Vivian , don't coop yourself up all day in the library . It is a perfectly lovely afternoon . The air is exquisite . There is a mist upon the woods like the purple bloom upon a plum . Let us go and lie on the grass , and smoke ...
... dear Vivian , don't coop yourself up all day in the library . It is a perfectly lovely afternoon . The air is exquisite . There is a mist upon the woods like the purple bloom upon a plum . Let us go and lie on the grass , and smoke ...
Page 9
... , might grow into something really great and wonderful . But , as a rule , he comes to nothing . He either falls into careless habits of accuracy- " Cyril . My dear fellow ! Vivian . Please don't THE DECAY OF LYING 9.
... , might grow into something really great and wonderful . But , as a rule , he comes to nothing . He either falls into careless habits of accuracy- " Cyril . My dear fellow ! Vivian . Please don't THE DECAY OF LYING 9.
Page 10
Oscar Wilde. Cyril . My dear fellow ! Vivian . Please don't interrupt in the middle of a sentence . " He either falls into careless habits of accuracy , or takes to frequenting the society of the aged and the well - informed . Both ...
Oscar Wilde. Cyril . My dear fellow ! Vivian . Please don't interrupt in the middle of a sentence . " He either falls into careless habits of accuracy , or takes to frequenting the society of the aged and the well - informed . Both ...
Page 15
... dear Cyril , I will not detain you any further just here . I quite admit that modern novels have many good points . All I insist on is that , as a class , they are quite unreadable . Cyril . That is certainly a very grave qualification ...
... dear Cyril , I will not detain you any further just here . I quite admit that modern novels have many good points . All I insist on is that , as a class , they are quite unreadable . Cyril . That is certainly a very grave qualification ...
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... dear Cyril , modernity of form and modernity of subject - matter are entirely and absolutely wrong . We have mis- taken the common livery of the age for the vesture of the Muses , and spend our days in the sordid streets and hideous ...
... dear Cyril , modernity of form and modernity of subject - matter are entirely and absolutely wrong . We have mis- taken the common livery of the age for the vesture of the Muses , and spend our days in the sordid streets and hideous ...
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