Word: soho
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...supercilious, but not antagonistic. At times, permitting himself a specialization of curiosity, he draws his trusty telescope and applies its concentrated vision to a limited section of the horizon. An Arnold Bennett may contrive to narrow the scope of his mundane investigation to the intensive inspection of one unsavory Soho basement. Joseph Conrad, his seaman's vision scorning the intervention of the spyglass, embraces the entire Mediterranean in a searching survey. Frank Swinnerton, perched on a suburban rooftop, observes with an amiable sympathy the beginnings of young Felix's cheerful misadventures...