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... but not quite sure whether she has really understood). A very original and
dramatic notion, to be sure, my Lord | SATAN. And this leads me to correct what I
told you just now. Did I say I took delight in nothing : That requires revision. I love
...
... but not quite sure whether she has really understood). A very original and
dramatic notion, to be sure, my Lord | SATAN. And this leads me to correct what I
told you just now. Did I say I took delight in nothing : That requires revision. I love
...
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As regards instructions, you really require none: the Nations have of late years
concentrated all their educational resources on this sole object. And the Human
Passions, however selfengrossed and often at loggerheads, are always eager to
...
As regards instructions, you really require none: the Nations have of late years
concentrated all their educational resources on this sole object. And the Human
Passions, however selfengrossed and often at loggerheads, are always eager to
...
Page 86
You can't ally yourself, come now, with these preposterous cut-throat little nations
whom Felix-Nube is supposed to oppress. A word in time, your Majesty! Your
Monarchy requires Felix-Nube as much as Felix-Nube requires you! 1st Voice.
You can't ally yourself, come now, with these preposterous cut-throat little nations
whom Felix-Nube is supposed to oppress. A word in time, your Majesty! Your
Monarchy requires Felix-Nube as much as Felix-Nube requires you! 1st Voice.
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And that, unhappily, requires war. And war is a horror which no decent man can
so much as think of ; and which this country, and especially the Liberals in this
country, would regard as an inexpiable crime. THE USUAL STATESMAN. Not if
the ...
And that, unhappily, requires war. And war is a horror which no decent man can
so much as think of ; and which this country, and especially the Liberals in this
country, would regard as an inexpiable crime. THE USUAL STATESMAN. Not if
the ...
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2ND VoICE. But, mon cher collègue, you must allow me to point out that . . . if we
are to . . we really require . . . Enfin, vous admettez, n'est-ce pas ? 1st Voice. One
moment! They want me on the telephone. Will you look at Punch Hullo! . . . oh, ...
2ND VoICE. But, mon cher collègue, you must allow me to point out that . . . if we
are to . . we really require . . . Enfin, vous admettez, n'est-ce pas ? 1st Voice. One
moment! They want me on the telephone. Will you look at Punch Hullo! . . . oh, ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Satan, the Waster: A Philosophic War Trilogy with Notes & Introduction |
| Author | Vernon Lee |
| Translated by | Vernon Lee |
| Publisher | John Lane, 1920 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 11 Dec 2007 |
| Length | 298 pages |
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