X.: "Choleraic disorder in my stomach started with the cider."

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Of some writers each work taken separately is brilliant, but taken as
a whole they are indefinite; of others each particular work represents
nothing outstanding; but, for all that, taken as a whole they are
distinct and brilliant.

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N. rings at the door of an actress; he is nervous, his heart beats, at
the critical moment he gets into a panic and runs away; the maid opens
the door and sees nobody. He returns, rings again--but has not the
courage to go in. In the end the porter comes out and gives him a
thrashing.

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A gentle quiet schoolmistress secretly beats her pupils, because she
believes in the good of corporal punishment.

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N.: "Not only the dog, but even the horses howled."

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N. marries. His mother and sister see a great many faults in his wife;
they are distressed, and only after four or five years realize that