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He uses clever words, that's all—philosophy … equator … (for a play).
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The stars have gone out long ago, but they still shine for the crowd.
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As soon as he became a scholar, he began to expect honors.
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He was a prompter, but got disgusted and gave it up; for about fifteen years he did not go to the theatre; then he went and saw a play, cried with emotion, felt sad, and, when his wife asked him on his return how he liked the theatre, he answered: "I do not like it."
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The parlormaid Nadya fell in love with an exterminator of bugs and black beetles.