Memory heaps dead leaves on corpse-like deeds, from under which they do but vaguely offend the sense.
JOHN GALSWORTHY
JOHN GALSWORTHY
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John Galsworthy93 quotes“Memory heaps dead leaves on corpse-like deeds, from under which they do but vaguely offend the sense.”
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