Style is the substance of the subject called unceasingly to the surfac…

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Style is the substance of the subject called unceasingly to the surface.
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A wedding is not house-keeping. ✨ Victor Hugo (2007). Hugo's Works, p.211, Wildside Press LLC
He had slipped, climbed, rolled, searched, walked, persevered, that is all. Such is the secret of all triumphs. ✨ Victor Hugo (2010). The Works of Victor Hugo, p.2209, BookCaps Study Guides
Memory is a gulf that a word can move to its lowest depths. ✨ Victor Hugo (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Victor Hugo (Illustrated), p.6158, Delphi Classics
To lie a little is not possible: he who lies, lies the whole lie. ✨ Victor Hugo (2010). The Works of Victor Hugo, p.886, BookCaps Study Guides
If he had had all Peru in his pocket, he would certainly have given it to this dancer; but Gringoire had not Peru in his pocket; and besides, America was not yet discovered. (p. 66)

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