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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Google Books UK version says it comes from <span>Nabokov's Ada: The Place of Consciousness, by Brian Boyd, Ardis, 1985 (p. 5).</span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span>A bit self-referential, this query, isn't it? <img title="Emoji" alt="Emoji" class="yahoo-emoji-wrapper" src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/yemoji_assets/latest/yemoji_assets/1f60f.png" style="padding: 0px 2px; vertical-align: middle;" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true" width="16" height="16"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span></span><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 13:55:39 BST, Kristin Czarnecki via Vwoolf <vwoolf@lists.osu.edu> wrote:
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Thank you! I tried Google Books but came up empty. Many thanks. </div>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;">Kristin Czarnecki</span><br style="font-size:11pt;" clear="none">
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<div>google books (I’m finding I’m using it more and more):</div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a shape="rect" title="vwoolf@lists.osu.edu">Kristin Czarnecki via Vwoolf</a>
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<div><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 30, 2020 1:22 PM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a shape="rect" title="vwoolf@lists.osu.edu">vwoolf@lists.osu.edu</a> </div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> [Vwoolf] Source of Quote</div>
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Good morning,</div>
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I have a quotation I'm trying to track down, losing my mind in the process, so I thought I would consult the vast composite brain of the Woolf listserv. Does this ring a bell with anyone?</div>
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<b>thrill</b> of finding an <b>allusion</b>, of locating the precise source of a teasing echo, of suddenly catching an obscure pun or seeing what should have been an obvious joke makes the reader alert, curious, eager to find new puzzles to solve."</span><span style="font-family:New serif;"></span></p>
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