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It is all very well to say that poetry is emotion remembered in tranquillity ; but a poet's emotion is specific , a poet's rather than a man's , and it is never quite disinterested . That is why women with their instinctive common sense ...
It is all very well to say that poetry is emotion remembered in tranquillity ; but a poet's emotion is specific , a poet's rather than a man's , and it is never quite disinterested . That is why women with their instinctive common sense ...
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It is emotional ; but it instinctively resents having its emotions stirred and is always ready to escape with a giggle . It is sentimental ; but will only accept sentimentality of its own brand : thus in England it will accept the ...
It is emotional ; but it instinctively resents having its emotions stirred and is always ready to escape with a giggle . It is sentimental ; but will only accept sentimentality of its own brand : thus in England it will accept the ...
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They are enriched by the emotion of all who have found solace and strength in their loveli- ness . Far then from thinking the ęsthetic emotion a specific , simple affair , I think it is a very complicated one , which is made up of ...
They are enriched by the emotion of all who have found solace and strength in their loveli- ness . Far then from thinking the ęsthetic emotion a specific , simple affair , I think it is a very complicated one , which is made up of ...
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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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