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" There's no such thing as an isolated man or woman; we're each of us made up of some cluster of appurtenances. What shall we call our 'self? Where does it begin? where does it end? It overflows into everything that belongs to us - and then it flows back... "
Uneasy Alliance: Twentieth-century American Literature, Culture and Biography - Page 16
edited by - 2004 - 367 pages
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The Novels and Tales of Henry James, Volume 3

Henry James - 1908 - 458 pages
...'self'P Where does it begin ? where does it end ? It overflows into everything that belongs to us — and then it flows back again. I know a large part of myself is in the clothes I choose to wear. I 've a great respect for things! One's self—for other people — is one's expression of one's self;...
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The Portrait of a Lady, Volume 3

Henry James - Novel - 1908 - 464 pages
...'self? Where does it begin ? where does it end ? It overflows into everything that belongs to us — and then it flows back again. I know a large part of myself is in the clothes I choose to wear. I 've a great respect for things! One's self — for other people — is one's expression of one's...
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The Novels and Tales of Henry James

Henry James - Manners and customs - 1908 - 460 pages
...then) flows back again.C•TlEnow" a Iarge"p"art~oT~rnyself is m the clothes I choose to wear. I 've a great respect for things! One's self—for other...one's! expression of one's self; and one's house, one's fur-i niture, one's garments, the books one reads, the company one keeps — these things are all expressive."...
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The American Novel of Manners: A Critical and Historical Study ...

Helen Gertrude Bannan - 1915 - 260 pages
...begin? Where does it end? It overflows into everything that belongs to us _ and then it flows *a«k again. I know a large part of myself is in the clothes I choose to wear. 11те ft greftt respect for things! One's self _ for other people шш is one's expression of one's...
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The Ordeal of Consciousness in Henry James

Dorothea Krook-Gilead - Consciousness in literature - 1962 - 440 pages
...self" ? Where does it begin ? Where does it end ? It overflows into everything that belongs to us — and then it flows back again. I know a large part of myself is in the clothes I choose to wear . . . One's self — for other people — is one's expression of oneself; and one's house, one's furniture,...
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The Freudian Body: Psychoanalysis and Art

Leo Bersani - Art - 1986 - 140 pages
...'self? Where does it begin? Where does it end? It overflows into everything that belongs to us — and then it flows back again I know a large part of...choose to wear. I've a great respect for things! One's self — for other people — is one's expression of one's self; and one's house, one's furniture,...
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American Vision: The Films of Frank Capra

Raymond Carney - History - 1986 - 536 pages
...our 'self? Where does it begin? Where does it end? It overflows into everything that belongs to us - and then it flows back again. I know a large part of myself is in the clothes 1 choose to wear. I've a great respect for things1. One's self - for other people - is one's expression...
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Literature in America: An Illustrated History

Peter J. Conn - Literary Criticism - 1989 - 624 pages
...'self? Where does it begin? where does it end? It overflows into everything that belongs to us — and then it flows back again. I know a large part...I choose to wear. I've a great respect for things! In response to this weary materialism, Isabel insists on the autonomy of the undisguised, unbending...
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The Real Thing: Imitation and Authenticity in American Culture, 1880-1940

Miles Orvell - Social Science - 1989 - 412 pages
..."self"? Where does it begin? where does it end? It overflows into everything that belongs to us — and then it flows back again. I know a large part...clothes I choose to wear. I've a great respect for thingsl One's self — for other people — is one's expression of one's self; and one's house, one's...
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The Columbia History of the American Novel

Emory Elliott - Education - 1991 - 940 pages
...she asks. "Where does it begin? where does it end? It overflows into everything that belongs to us— and then it flows back again. I know a large part of myself is the clothes I choose to wear. I've a great respect for things! One's self— for other people — is...
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