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... There were more shadows too than there were men ; And all the air more dark and thick than night Was heavy , as ' twere made of something more Than living breaths . It would be vain to look , among such spectral 188 THE LAST ELIZABETHAN.
... There were more shadows too than there were men ; And all the air more dark and thick than night Was heavy , as ' twere made of something more Than living breaths . It would be vain to look , among such spectral 188 THE LAST ELIZABETHAN.
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Lytton Strachey. A RUSSIAN HUMORIST ' Look well at the face of Dostoievsky , half a Russian peasant's face , half a criminal physiognomy , flat nose , small penetrating eyes beneath lids that quiver with a nervous affection ; look at the ...
Lytton Strachey. A RUSSIAN HUMORIST ' Look well at the face of Dostoievsky , half a Russian peasant's face , half a criminal physiognomy , flat nose , small penetrating eyes beneath lids that quiver with a nervous affection ; look at the ...
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... look back on an end- less vista of identical admonitions , and knew that he must look forward to another vista equally infinite , the horror of their perusal must have been unimaginable . ' Good God ! ' he used to read at breakfast ...
... look back on an end- less vista of identical admonitions , and knew that he must look forward to another vista equally infinite , the horror of their perusal must have been unimaginable . ' Good God ! ' he used to read at breakfast ...
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SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
RABELAIS The New Statesman Feb 16 1918 CHARAC | 31 |
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