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prose consists less and less of words chosen for the sake of their meaning, and more and more of phrases tacked together like the sections of a prefabricated hen-house.
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey
“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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