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Page 279
The mingled homeliness , diffusion of in- telligence , and aesthetic culture seen here , remind me of certain little German cities and towns . People living on very modest means find money for books , whereas in certain parts of France ...
The mingled homeliness , diffusion of in- telligence , and aesthetic culture seen here , remind me of certain little German cities and towns . People living on very modest means find money for books , whereas in certain parts of France ...
Page 485
... I do not grumble that you would be the master of the yacht - though I know the banks and the channels a little better than you ; and it was quite right of you to be the master of the yacht ; but you have not seen what I have seen .
... I do not grumble that you would be the master of the yacht - though I know the banks and the channels a little better than you ; and it was quite right of you to be the master of the yacht ; but you have not seen what I have seen .
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That is what people who have travelled all over the world , and seen princes and great cit- ies and palaces , call politeness . But how could you know any thing about polite- ness ? You have lived only on the west coast of Mull ...
That is what people who have travelled all over the world , and seen princes and great cit- ies and palaces , call politeness . But how could you know any thing about polite- ness ? You have lived only on the west coast of Mull ...
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