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“The large, low rooms, with brown ceilings and dusky corners, the deep embrasures and curious casements, the quiet light on dark, polished panels, the deep greenness outside, that seemed always peeping in, the sense of well-ordered privacy in the centre of a “property” —a place where sounds were felicitously accidental, where the tread was muffled by the earth itself…”
— Jan 26, 2025 08:19PM
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From the preface:
“It all depends on *how* the attention has been cheated, has been squandered. These are high-handed insolent frauds, and there are insidious sneaking ones. And there is, I fear, even on the most designing artist’s part, always witless enough good faith, always anxious enough desire, to fail to guard him against their deceits.”
— Jan 16, 2025 03:43PM
“It all depends on *how* the attention has been cheated, has been squandered. These are high-handed insolent frauds, and there are insidious sneaking ones. And there is, I fear, even on the most designing artist’s part, always witless enough good faith, always anxious enough desire, to fail to guard him against their deceits.”