DESCRIPTION WITHOUT PLACE.
criticism. decorum. innards. bric-a-brac. nostalgia. nausea. polemics. diatribes. litanies. symphonies. polaroids.
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As for Robert, scarcely able to keep his place at the table, concealing beneath a courtier’s smile his warrior’s thirst for action - when I examined him I could see how closely the vigorous structure of his triangular face must have been modeled on that of his ancestor’s faces, a face devised rather for an ardent bowman than for a delicate student. Beneath his fine skin the bold construction, the feudal architecture were apparent. His head made one think of those old dungeon keeps on which the disused battlements are still to be seen, although inside they have been converted into libraries.
Marcel Proust, from Within A Budding Grove
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