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He looked at her as a man might look at a faded flower he had plucked, in which it was difficult for him to trace the beauty that had made him pick and so destroy it
He looked at her as a man might look at a faded flower he had plucked, in which it was difficult for him to trace the beauty that had made him pick and so destroy it
Approximate author period: c. 1869 AD · industrial
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- Leo Tolstoy
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- Approximate author period: c. 1869 AD · industrial
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