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  ...each time. What the reader has to remember is that the Notes are material used by C. in his creative activity and as such it throws a great deal of light on C.'s mentality and process of working."]
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N. makes a living by exterminating bugs; and for the purposes of his trade he reads the works of ----. If in "The Cossacks," bugs are not mentioned, it means that "The Cossacks" is a bad book.
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Man is what he believes.  
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A clever girl: "I cannot pretend ... I never tell a lie ... I have principles"--and all the time "I ... I ... I ..."
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N. is angry with his wife who is an actress, and without her knowledge gets abusive criticisms published about her in the newspapers.
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A nobleman boasts "This house of mine was built in the time of Dmitry Donskoy."
* * ...   Chekhov, Anton

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