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To my mind his genius was better shown in other works . It is a tiresome allegory and the irony is facile . But the style is admirable . I cannot imagine that English can be better written . Here are no flowery periods , fantastic turns ...
To my mind his genius was better shown in other works . It is a tiresome allegory and the irony is facile . But the style is admirable . I cannot imagine that English can be better written . Here are no flowery periods , fantastic turns ...
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I have written few pages that I feel I could not improve and far too many that I have left with dissatisfaction be- cause , try as I would , I could do no better . I cannot say of myself what Johnson said of Pope : ' He never passed a ...
I have written few pages that I feel I could not improve and far too many that I have left with dissatisfaction be- cause , try as I would , I could do no better . I cannot say of myself what Johnson said of Pope : ' He never passed a ...
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The first story I wrote now was called Rain and it looked for a while as though I should have no better luck with it than with those I had written in my youth , for editor after editor refused it ; but I no longer minded and I went on .
The first story I wrote now was called Rain and it looked for a while as though I should have no better luck with it than with those I had written in my youth , for editor after editor refused it ; but I no longer minded and I went on .
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | W. Heinemann, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0434456101, 9780434456109 |
| Length | 317 pages |
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