unearths some literary gems.
From The Smart Set, 1915:
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He closed his eyes, and sank back on his evoked sensations, as on some lush divan.
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The clicking of Cyril's typewriter punctuated this oration with grotesque effect.
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[Playwright Butler Davenport's] mad adoration of the French exclamation mark. [Nathan]
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italicized punctilio
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I know as much about any kind of literature as a Scotch collie knows about the fourth dimension.
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[Bonuses]
a character known as Mr. Montagu-Montague
Nathan refers to Aristotle as "Rudolph P. Aristotle."
Nathan characterizes facile epigrams as simply "saying the wrong thing at the right time."
Note: The attached classification of body parts refers to their "statuses" in the sense of social position or "respectability" or whatever.
