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... expected to talk to Sir James in knowing metaphor . Casaubon might be expected to avoid naming his deficiencies . Dorothea would only weep in silence . On the other hand , I do not want to exaggerate this dramatic decorum . It could ...
... expected to talk to Sir James in knowing metaphor . Casaubon might be expected to avoid naming his deficiencies . Dorothea would only weep in silence . On the other hand , I do not want to exaggerate this dramatic decorum . It could ...
Page 82
... expected , preferred , or ideal pattern which is formed , recorded and exalted in rituals . Many of these rituals are religious and social , and they are acted out in public ceremony . But life is ritualistic in many ways , and while ...
... expected , preferred , or ideal pattern which is formed , recorded and exalted in rituals . Many of these rituals are religious and social , and they are acted out in public ceremony . But life is ritualistic in many ways , and while ...
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... expected to sit with the curate's family , but the Tuckers have left Lowick ; he has expected to enjoy the sight of Dorothea , but finds that he dares not look at her ; he is surprised by discomfort , realizes that she may be upset ...
... expected to sit with the curate's family , but the Tuckers have left Lowick ; he has expected to enjoy the sight of Dorothea , but finds that he dares not look at her ; he is surprised by discomfort , realizes that she may be upset ...
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