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... effect of his finest portraits , we soon become aware , depends on his judicious use of detail . Particularities of dress and conduct , he argues , should never be dismissed as social trivia . They fre- quently escape the serious ...
... effect of his finest portraits , we soon become aware , depends on his judicious use of detail . Particularities of dress and conduct , he argues , should never be dismissed as social trivia . They fre- quently escape the serious ...
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... effect is harmonious , are inexplicably devoid of life and fire ; and the face that appears in his self - portrait , painted about 1926 , has a slightly tense and over - anxious look , as if he were confronting a technical problem that ...
... effect is harmonious , are inexplicably devoid of life and fire ; and the face that appears in his self - portrait , painted about 1926 , has a slightly tense and over - anxious look , as if he were confronting a technical problem that ...
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... effect , undoubtedly less extensive , and usually limited to details of grammar and syntax , on the composition of his later works . Both were lonely men , Tom's solitude being largely de- liberate , John's a much - resented imposition ...
... effect , undoubtedly less extensive , and usually limited to details of grammar and syntax , on the composition of his later works . Both were lonely men , Tom's solitude being largely de- liberate , John's a much - resented imposition ...
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The Disinterested Gift | 47 |
The Death of the Lion | 66 |
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