The Death of the Moth and Other Essays (The Original Unabridged 1942 Edition of 28 Essays)

Kitobdan iqtiboslar  The Death of the Moth and Other Essays (The Original Unabridged 1942 Edition of 28 Essays)
muallif Virginia Woolf

Удалённый аккаунт
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The eye is not a miner, not a diver, not a seeker after buried treasure. It floats us smoothly down a stream; resting, pausing, the brain sleeps perhaps as it looks.
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Алина Епишкина
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The following facts will, perhaps, show how seriously she took the art of writing even for the newspaper
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Анна А.
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as Leda, was the mother of Helen of Troy, and, as Saint Anne, the mother of Mary…
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Анна А.
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Of all forms of literature, however, the essay is the one which least calls for the use of long words.
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Анна А.
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its present is more important than its pas
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София Сандакова
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The eye is not a miner, not a diver, not a seeker after buried treasure.
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София Сандакова
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And then the body who had been silent up to now began its song, almost at first as low as the rush of the wheels: “Eggs and bacon; toast and tea; fire and a bath; fire and a bath; jugged hare,” it went on, “and red currant jelly; a glass of wine with coffee to follow, with coffee to follow—and then to bed and then to bed.”
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София Сандакова
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Draughts fan–blown by electric power will cleanse houses. Lights intense and firmly directed will go over the earth, doing the work. Look at the moving light in that hill; it is the headlight of a car. By day and by night Sussex in five centuries will be full of charming thoughts, quick, effective beams.
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София Сандакова
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O yes, he seemed to say, death is stronger than I am.
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София Сандакова
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Just as life had been strange a few minutes before, so death was now as strange.
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