Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 766
acters with all the artistic touchyou find in his novels—told stories, actedcharades, played games, took part in amateurtheatricals. Playing I am somebody else, he said,has charms so delightful that I feel a loss of,oh, I cant say what exquisite foolery, when Ilose the chance of being some one not… … WE WERE, HOWEVER, TOO MANY FOR HIM, AND GOT HIM DOWN, DAUBING HIS FACE WITH THE CORK somebodies-else, even; and pretending you aresomebody else, gets you outside of yourevery-day self. Thus your real self gets arest. Something like that, dont you thinkso? Take the case of the dear little…
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