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A harper comes to the Bar on Jehovah, searching for the story of the Dancer which she plans to transform into her master-work.
Archive 2008-12-01 Paul 2008
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A harper comes to the Bar on Jehovah, searching for the story of the Dancer which she plans to transform into her master-work.
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And this was no ironic taunt; for while Voltaire was in the Bastille, that astounding book of the Count of Boulainvilliers was in the press, in which it was shown that the feudal system is the master-work of the human mind, and that the advance of the royal authority and the increase of the liberties of the people were equally unjust usurpations of the rights of the conquering Franks.
Voltaire 2007
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Surely he who did thy carven chin had a mind to a master-work and did no less.
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Unfortunately that will be lost if someone reproduces your master-work in the print or other electronic media.
THE RULES OF THE GAME HAVE CHANGED Rachel 2006
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Mr.E. R.Eddison's master-work, the Worm Ouroboros, is without peer; but the heady and voluptuous beauty of his rich prose, alas, shall find few readers able to admire it.
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And this genre-bending tour de force is probably his master-work, combining a complex plot, snappy dialogue, unforgettable characters, a stylish visual flair... and of course the seamless integration of old-school animation and live-action film.
Archive 2005-01-01 2005
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And this genre-bending tour de force is probably his master-work, combining a complex plot, snappy dialogue, unforgettable characters, a stylish visual flair... and of course the seamless integration of old-school animation and live-action film.
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On Friday we visit the great Town Hall, which is the greatest work of Swedish art, a master-work of the Romantic movement.
Collected Works of W. B. Yeats Volume III Autobiographies W.B. Yeats 1965
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On Friday we visit the great Town Hall, which is the greatest work of Swedish art, a master-work of the Romantic movement.
Collected Works of W. B. Yeats Volume III Autobiographies W.B. Yeats 1965
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