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He would give every penny he has (such is the malignity of the germ) to write one little book and become famous yet all the gold in Peru will not buy him the treasure of a well-turned line.
He would give every penny he has (such is the malignity of the germ) to write one little book and become famous yet all the gold in Peru will not buy him the treasure of a well-turned line.
Approximate author period: c. 1911 AD · modern
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- Virginia Woolf
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- Approximate author period: c. 1911 AD · modern
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