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Page 23
... dance their Dance of Death obedient to my great Ballet Master's bâton . To keep this music up , drinks will be handed round by my well - trained lackeys of the Press and Pulpit : hot and acrid for coarse palates , or heady and full of ...
... dance their Dance of Death obedient to my great Ballet Master's bâton . To keep this music up , drinks will be handed round by my well - trained lackeys of the Press and Pulpit : hot and acrid for coarse palates , or heady and full of ...
Page 33
... Dancing Nations in readiness ? DEATH . Oh , for ever so long ; they are already behind the curtain , practising their steps and settling their head - pieces comfortably on their shoulders , which is never easy . They are all right . And ...
... Dancing Nations in readiness ? DEATH . Oh , for ever so long ; they are already behind the curtain , practising their steps and settling their head - pieces comfortably on their shoulders , which is never easy . They are all right . And ...
Page 36
... Dancers for a few words of encouragement from your Lordship . By the way , you mustn't mind if they address you as Lord of Hosts ; they are rather ignorant of everything except my especial dances . SATAN . Oh , I have so many noms de ...
... Dancers for a few words of encouragement from your Lordship . By the way , you mustn't mind if they address you as Lord of Hosts ; they are rather ignorant of everything except my especial dances . SATAN . Oh , I have so many noms de ...
Page 40
... Dancing Nations and myself can hear the music of the Orchestra of Passions . Is that it ? THE MUSE . It is indeed . And dear , dearest Lord Satan , forgive my importunity if I venture to say that ever since always it has been too ...
... Dancing Nations and myself can hear the music of the Orchestra of Passions . Is that it ? THE MUSE . It is indeed . And dear , dearest Lord Satan , forgive my importunity if I venture to say that ever since always it has been too ...
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... Dancers , it is upon the cards that its grotesque , alluringly heart - rending horror might disincline Posterity for ... Dancing Nations can all be trusted to obey the bâton of Ballet Master Death , and , as to details , the more each ...
... Dancers , it is upon the cards that its grotesque , alluringly heart - rending horror might disincline Posterity for ... Dancing Nations can all be trusted to obey the bâton of Ballet Master Death , and , as to details , the more each ...
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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