unearths some literary gems.
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The audience rustled and coughed, and looked about to see which of its members was the most anxious to ask Sir Arthur a question. But...the embarrassing fact became evident that no one had anything at all to say. The Friends of Health looked at one another during a silence that developed through suspense into a kind of terror.
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The young man in the book seemed to have no pursuit in life but that of his own soul, and as this was obviously a very small and anaemic thing, it was not surprising that it constantly eluded him.
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An idea that had just come to him began to unfold and expand itself like a large glittering balloon. It billowed and sank, rose again and tightened, until, reaching its full magnificence, it took to the air and sailed up and away, with David hanging on to it, breathless but triumphant.
