The Yellow Book, Volume 3AMS Press, 1967 - Great Britain |
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Page 109
... its bustle and noise , its squalid streets , to his life there , to its literary coteries , its politics , its society ; vulgar and trivial and sordid they all seemed from this point of vantage . That was the world he had pleaded for ...
... its bustle and noise , its squalid streets , to his life there , to its literary coteries , its politics , its society ; vulgar and trivial and sordid they all seemed from this point of vantage . That was the world he had pleaded for ...
Page 130
... it's no good , " he added quickly , with a nervous movement of his hands , “ I can't make pretty speeches ! After all , it's simple ; why should I play the coward ? I can take ' no ' for answer , if the worst comes to the worst , and ...
... it's no good , " he added quickly , with a nervous movement of his hands , “ I can't make pretty speeches ! After all , it's simple ; why should I play the coward ? I can take ' no ' for answer , if the worst comes to the worst , and ...
Page 144
... its rights , when it encounters me : each has its proper quality , its peculiar spirit , not to be misinterpreted by me in carelessness , nor overlooked with impatience . That is clear : but neither must I vaunt my just view of common ...
... its rights , when it encounters me : each has its proper quality , its peculiar spirit , not to be misinterpreted by me in carelessness , nor overlooked with impatience . That is clear : but neither must I vaunt my just view of common ...
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