“Indeed, at that period of life of which Mr. Booth Tarkington has written so searchingly—the age of seventeen—he had been in love with practically every female he met and with dozens whom he had only seen in the distance; but ripening years had mellowed his taste and robbed him of that fine romanticcatholicity."
Excerpt From: Pelham Grenville Wodehouse. “A Damsel in Distress.”
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“Indeed, at that period of life of which Mr. Booth Tarkington has written so searchingly—the age of seventeen—he had been in love with practically every female he met and with dozens whom he had only seen in the distance; but ripening years had mellowed his taste and robbed him of that fine romantic catholicity."
Excerpt From: Pelham Grenville Wodehouse. “A Damsel in Distress.”
January 1, 2013