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Page 111
... seemed to be working of its own accord , like a magnificently - built machine without an authoritative hand on the controls . During the first stage of his illness , when he suffered a minor stroke , James appeared to welcome Death ...
... seemed to be working of its own accord , like a magnificently - built machine without an authoritative hand on the controls . During the first stage of his illness , when he suffered a minor stroke , James appeared to welcome Death ...
Page 151
... seemed deeply to move Randolph ; he hoped , he said , that it might very soon build a nest amid the branches of his apple - tree , that the nestlings it hatched out would presently return , and that their offspring would choose the same ...
... seemed deeply to move Randolph ; he hoped , he said , that it might very soon build a nest amid the branches of his apple - tree , that the nestlings it hatched out would presently return , and that their offspring would choose the same ...
Page 156
... seemed somewhat over - large - perhaps , like Oscar Wilde , according to Bernard Shaw , he was a victim of the physical condition called ' gigantism ' ; and he had a proportionately loud voice . It often deafened me , when his wartime ...
... seemed somewhat over - large - perhaps , like Oscar Wilde , according to Bernard Shaw , he was a victim of the physical condition called ' gigantism ' ; and he had a proportionately loud voice . It often deafened me , when his wartime ...
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