2.
Explanation
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... I soon developed disagreeable mannerisms which made
me unpopular throughout my schooldays. (Para. 2) |
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… this created a sort of private world in which I could
get my own back for my failure in everyday life. (Para.
2) |
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… there was the made-to-order stuff which I produced quickly
… without much pleasure to myself. (Para. 3) |
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I took far less trouble with them than in now would with
the cheapest journalism. (Para. 3) |
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It is his job, no doubt, to discipline his temperament
and avoid getting stuck at some immature stage, or in
some perverse mood. (Para. 5) |
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… with the whole top crust of humanity. (Para. 6) |
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… and store them up for the use of posterity. (Para. 8) |
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This increased my natural hatred of authority… (Para.
10) |
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The Spanish war … turned the scale. (Para. 11) |
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| 10)
By the time you have perfected any style of writing, you
have always outgrown it. (Para. 13) |
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Supplementary
reading:
Lesson Fourteen A Horseman in the
Sky in College English Book III.
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