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Our Philadelphia (1914)

Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, 1855-1936, Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926 · Philadelphia and London : J. B. Lippincott Co. · leaf 254

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dominating virtue, was accordingly annoyed and, on hisside, betrayed into anything but a serene expression ofhis annoyance. Many smaller slights irritated him furtheruntil he worked himself up into the belief that he detestedPhiladelphia, and he was apt to be so outspoken in criti-cism that he… … STATK HOUSE YARD THE iVIIRACLE OF WORK 237 that he could not have written had he not felt for the townan affection strong enough to withstand that towns easyindifference. But during the few years he spent in Phila-delphia after his return he was uncommonly successful inhiding his affection, a fact…

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