Strange StoriesChatto & Windus, 1884 - 356 páginas |
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... and cultivated classes . The union of high intellectual and æsthetic culture with a total want of moral sensibility is a recognized fact in many periods of history , though our own age is singularly loth to admit of iv PREFACE .
... and cultivated classes . The union of high intellectual and æsthetic culture with a total want of moral sensibility is a recognized fact in many periods of history , though our own age is singularly loth to admit of iv PREFACE .
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... fact he had taken a fair second class in Greats at Oxford ; and he could talk delightfully of poetry and novels . To say the truth , John Creedy , in spite of his black face , dazzled poor Ethel , for he was more of a scholar and a ...
... fact he had taken a fair second class in Greats at Oxford ; and he could talk delightfully of poetry and novels . To say the truth , John Creedy , in spite of his black face , dazzled poor Ethel , for he was more of a scholar and a ...
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... fact , he was obviously making insulting faces at Arthur Greatrex . Arthur was so much preoccupied at the moment , however , that he hardly had time to notice the eccentric stranger ; and , as he took him for one of the harmless lunatic ...
... fact , he was obviously making insulting faces at Arthur Greatrex . Arthur was so much preoccupied at the moment , however , that he hardly had time to notice the eccentric stranger ; and , as he took him for one of the harmless lunatic ...
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... fact : it was he , Arthur Greatrex , fellow of Catherine's , who was making these hideous and mean- ingless distortions of his own countenance . With a terrible effort of will he pulled his face quite straight again , and assumed his ...
... fact : it was he , Arthur Greatrex , fellow of Catherine's , who was making these hideous and mean- ingless distortions of his own countenance . With a terrible effort of will he pulled his face quite straight again , and assumed his ...
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... fact , it's a mere rigmarole , Excuse my asking you , Greatrex , but have you any idea , my dear fellow , whether your friend is inclined to be a little cracky ? " Arthur swallowed a groan with the greatest difficulty , and answered in ...
... fact , it's a mere rigmarole , Excuse my asking you , Greatrex , but have you any idea , my dear fellow , whether your friend is inclined to be a little cracky ? " Arthur swallowed a groan with the greatest difficulty , and answered in ...
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