| 1. | His novels are very second-rate .
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| 2. | But what is the good of turning out second-rate pictures ?
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| 3. | I don't think there's much object in being a second-rate painter .
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| 4. | His works are second-rate productions, alongside those of some of his contemporaries .
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| 5. | He never aimed at mere effect, and had none of the little tricks and pretensions of second-rate reputations .
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| 6. | He had been graduated from a second-rate medical school in oklahoma and had practised in a small town ever since .
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| 7. | The german army had already been depleted by its previous campaigns in russia and diluted by inclusion of its second-rate allies .
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