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It is with the approach of winter that cats...wear their richest fur and assume an air of sumptuous and delightful opulence.
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If by chance I seated myself to write, she very slyly, very tenderly, seeking protection and caresses, would softly take her place…
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The moon of a bright silver, which dazzles by its shining, illumines a world which surely is no longer ours; for it…
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My sister and my brother, of whom I have not spoken before, were considerably older than I; it seemed almost as if…
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My emotions lose their force when I endeavor to interpret them, and my words seem very inept.
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I am surprised that I cannot recall whether my desire to become a minister transformed itself into a wish to lead the…
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Holy Istanbul! Your name is the most enchanting one of all names which enchants me.
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I still held fast to my determination to become a minister; it still seemed to me that that was my duty. I…
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I still went to church regularly every Sunday; that is we all went there together. I reverenced the family pew where we…
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Egypt, the Egypt of antiquity, at a later time, exercised a mysterious fascination over me. I recognized a picture of it immediately,…
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It is said that many children who live in the central provinces, away from the ocean, have a great longing to see…
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I still have in my memory, almost agonizing impressions of a serious illness which I had when I was about eight years…
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I still held fast to my determination to become a minister; it still seemed to me that that was my duty. I…
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So long as we represent technology as an instrument, we remain held fast in the will to master it.
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All our land was enriched with my treasures buried in it, thickly inhabited just below the surface with my marbles and my…
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(Unsure if she should laugh or groan, Astrid held fast to the tank before her as Zarek pushed the snowmachine to the…
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The little girl skipped by under the wrinkled oak leaves and held fast to a replica of herself.
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