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... standing - and sitting . I mention standing in this connection because for most of those years I had been a regular strap - hanger in the New York subways , one hand clutching a strap and the other holding a pocket - size book , often a ...
... standing - and sitting . I mention standing in this connection because for most of those years I had been a regular strap - hanger in the New York subways , one hand clutching a strap and the other holding a pocket - size book , often a ...
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... Stand up , stand up , Gehazi , Draw close thy robe and go , Gehazi , Judge in Israel , A leper white as snow ! But for all his enthusiasm for Kipling's works and his AUTHOR ! AUTHOR ! 107.
... Stand up , stand up , Gehazi , Draw close thy robe and go , Gehazi , Judge in Israel , A leper white as snow ! But for all his enthusiasm for Kipling's works and his AUTHOR ! AUTHOR ! 107.
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... stand out as monuments of classical antiquity . Shakespeare the poet , the greatest in the English lan- guage , stands above Shakespeare the popular playwright . The same might be said for Goethe in his own country and his own language ...
... stand out as monuments of classical antiquity . Shakespeare the poet , the greatest in the English lan- guage , stands above Shakespeare the popular playwright . The same might be said for Goethe in his own country and his own language ...
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