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- Author: Booth Tarkington
- Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Year: 2014
- Pages: 52
- ISBN-10: 1501029150
- ISBN-13: 9781501029158
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm, softcover
- Language: English
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Nothing could have been more painful to my sensitiveness than to occupy myself, confused with blushes, at the center of the whole world as a living advertisement of the least amusing ballet in Paris. To be the day's sensation of the boulevards one must possess an eccentricity of appearance conceived by nothing short of genius; and my misfortunes had reduced me to present such to all eyes seeking mirth. It was not that I was one of those people in uniform who carry placards and strange figures upon their backs, nor that my coat was of rags; on the contrary, my whole costume was delicately rich and well chosen, of soft grey and fine linen (such as you see worn by a marquis in the pe'sage at Auteuil) according well with my usual air and countenance, sometimes esteemed to resemble my father's, which were not wanting in distinction.
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- Author: Booth Tarkington
- Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Year: 2014
- Pages: 52
- ISBN-10: 1501029150
- ISBN-13: 9781501029158
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm, softcover
- Language: English English
Nothing could have been more painful to my sensitiveness than to occupy myself, confused with blushes, at the center of the whole world as a living advertisement of the least amusing ballet in Paris. To be the day's sensation of the boulevards one must possess an eccentricity of appearance conceived by nothing short of genius; and my misfortunes had reduced me to present such to all eyes seeking mirth. It was not that I was one of those people in uniform who carry placards and strange figures upon their backs, nor that my coat was of rags; on the contrary, my whole costume was delicately rich and well chosen, of soft grey and fine linen (such as you see worn by a marquis in the pe'sage at Auteuil) according well with my usual air and countenance, sometimes esteemed to resemble my father's, which were not wanting in distinction.
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