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... poems . I think that is enough to justify them , but I do not want to read so much to gain so little . I like anthol- ogies . The critics , I understand , have a contempt for them ; they say that in order to appreciate an author you ...
... poems . I think that is enough to justify them , but I do not want to read so much to gain so little . I like anthol- ogies . The critics , I understand , have a contempt for them ; they say that in order to appreciate an author you ...
Page 46
... poems , putting in not only the famous passages with which we should all be familiar but also fragments , single lines even ; so that I might have in a convenient volume a book to which I could always turn when I wanted the cream of all ...
... poems , putting in not only the famous passages with which we should all be familiar but also fragments , single lines even ; so that I might have in a convenient volume a book to which I could always turn when I wanted the cream of all ...
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... poems she wrote it is a matter of hitting the nail accurately on the head ; she was very apt to give it a little tap slightly on one side . She had a gift , but a small one , and it is only confusing when claims are made on her behalf ...
... poems she wrote it is a matter of hitting the nail accurately on the head ; she was very apt to give it a little tap slightly on one side . She had a gift , but a small one , and it is only confusing when claims are made on her behalf ...
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