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Do you have any old copies of Dickens?
Bookseller: We've got a copy of David Copperfield from 1850 for $150.
Customer: Why is it so expensive if it's that old?
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― Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
― Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
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Romantic poetry, on the other hand, is the expression of the secret attraction to a choas which lies concealed in the very bosom of the ordered universe, and is perpetually striving for marvellous births; the life-giving spirit of primal love broods here anew on the face of the water. The former (the antique) is more simple, clear, and like to nature in the self-existent perfection of her separate works; the latter (the romantic) notwithstanding its fragmentary appearance, approaches more to the
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― Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature
― Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature
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