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... possible . It is grossly repetitive , grossly romantic , grossly inflated , sometimes , it seems , no more than a torrent of sound , so that the only possible comparison seems to be with the later Swinburne . It is much more heavily ...
... possible . It is grossly repetitive , grossly romantic , grossly inflated , sometimes , it seems , no more than a torrent of sound , so that the only possible comparison seems to be with the later Swinburne . It is much more heavily ...
Page 116
... possible except for Joyce ; which is not to say that it is anything like a pastiche of Joyce . Its theme is the degeneration of a Southern family , the Compsons , who have been prominent in Jefferson , Mississippi , since before the ...
... possible except for Joyce ; which is not to say that it is anything like a pastiche of Joyce . Its theme is the degeneration of a Southern family , the Compsons , who have been prominent in Jefferson , Mississippi , since before the ...
Page 186
... possible , so much has to be done by so many people that , on the face of it , it is im- possible . Well , every day we do it ; and every day , come hell , come high water , we're going to have to go on doing it as well as we can ...
... possible , so much has to be done by so many people that , on the face of it , it is im- possible . Well , every day we do it ; and every day , come hell , come high water , we're going to have to go on doing it as well as we can ...
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