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Page 4
... Clio , who has brought it a nice little sop of honey - lies . SATAN . The Muse of History ! I had quite forgotten ... dear Clio . THE MUSE ( taken aback ) . The voice of Satan himself ! ( she curtsies in several directions in the dark ) ...
... Clio , who has brought it a nice little sop of honey - lies . SATAN . The Muse of History ! I had quite forgotten ... dear Clio . THE MUSE ( taken aback ) . The voice of Satan himself ! ( she curtsies in several directions in the dark ) ...
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... dear old Clio ! I am glad to see you quite unchanged ! Classic , even to the invariable key pattern on your hem ! The same majestic embonpoint , like some ample - bosomed prima donna in a Wagner opera , but with the incomparable ...
... dear old Clio ! I am glad to see you quite unchanged ! Classic , even to the invariable key pattern on your hem ! The same majestic embonpoint , like some ample - bosomed prima donna in a Wagner opera , but with the incomparable ...
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... dear Lord Satan ! SATAN . We are very old friends , Clio . What would history have to record but for the doings of Satan ? And save for your varied talents , what memory would there be for evil deeds ? But come , let us have a little ...
... dear Lord Satan ! SATAN . We are very old friends , Clio . What would history have to record but for the doings of Satan ? And save for your varied talents , what memory would there be for evil deeds ? But come , let us have a little ...
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... dear Clio . Pre- judice is sacred in my eyes , and I should hate to be a cause of scandal to my weaker brethren . You ask how is Ballet Master Death ? Oh well ! we all grow old , and he never had a good constitution to begin with . And ...
... dear Clio . Pre- judice is sacred in my eyes , and I should hate to be a cause of scandal to my weaker brethren . You ask how is Ballet Master Death ? Oh well ! we all grow old , and he never had a good constitution to begin with . And ...
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... dear Muse ! THE MUSE ( in her finest manner ) . Boredom is surely the ... Clio , you see yourself already as my Boswell ! THE MUSE ( modest , but ... dear Clio . Are you comfortably seated ? ( SATAN shoves a footstool beneath the MUSE's ...
... dear Muse ! THE MUSE ( in her finest manner ) . Boredom is surely the ... Clio , you see yourself already as my Boswell ! THE MUSE ( modest , but ... dear Clio . Are you comfortably seated ? ( SATAN shoves a footstool beneath the MUSE's ...
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2ND VOICE Adventure Adversary æsthetic AGES-TO-COME altruism Ballet Master Death become belief belligerent Bertrand Russell Brachycephalous Brobdingnag Cæsarea called cinema shows creatures dance dangerous dear Clio decent Delusion and Confusion desire emotional enemy evil existence eyes fact feeling friends future German Gog and Magog gramophone wheezes habits hand happens harmonium Hatred hence Heroism honour horror human Idealism implies Indignation individual IST VOICE Justice kind larning less look Lord Satan man's mankind means merely mind moral moralists moreover Muse of History Nations nature neighbours never once one's Orchestra ourselves passions Patriotism peace perhaps persons play poor preference present qualities Reality reason recognize religion require result Romain Rolland sacrifice self-sacrifice sense side soul spiritual suffering sure Themistocles things thought tion truth turn war's Waste Waster Widow Fear words writing