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We were lying side by side; body and soul were relaxing like overtaut Strings.
My Life Trotsky, Leon 1930
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While it is emotionally somewhat overtaut, it has a good deal of reticence in portrayal, and there is a passion in it which transcends
The Best Short Stories of 1920 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915
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The other stories are of slighter content, and emotionally somewhat overtaut.
The Best Short Stories of 1920 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915
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