"A low line of shore was visible at……" — John Millington Synge
"A low line of shore was visible at first on the right between the movement of the waves and fog, but when we came further it was lost sight of, and nothing could be seen but the mist curling in the rigging, and a small circle of foam."
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John Millington Synge
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28 Quotes by John Millington Synge
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Lord, confound this surly sister, blight her brow with blotch and blister, cramp her larynx, lung and liver, in her…
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No man at all can be living forever and we must be satisfied.
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In a good play every speech should be as fully flavored as a nut or apple.
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It gave me a moment of exquisite satisfaction to find myself moving away from civilisation in this rude canvas canoe…
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I'm a good scholar when it comes to reading but a blotting kind of writer when you give me a…
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They're cheering a young lad, the champion playboy of the Western World.
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