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I have never , except by an effort of will , wished that the passing moment might linger so that I could get more enjoyment from it , for even when it has brought me something I had immensely looked for- ward to , my imagination in the ...
I have never , except by an effort of will , wished that the passing moment might linger so that I could get more enjoyment from it , for even when it has brought me something I had immensely looked for- ward to , my imagination in the ...
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One of the tragedies of the arts is the spectacle of the vast number of persons who have been misled by this passing fertility to devote their lives to the effort of creation . Their invention deserts them as they grow older , and they ...
One of the tragedies of the arts is the spectacle of the vast number of persons who have been misled by this passing fertility to devote their lives to the effort of creation . Their invention deserts them as they grow older , and they ...
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The literary world somewhat lacks balance , and when a fancy takes it , is apt to regard it not as a passing fashion , but as Heaven's first law ; and the notion prevailed that anyone who had artistic leanings and wanted to write short ...
The literary world somewhat lacks balance , and when a fancy takes it , is apt to regard it not as a passing fashion , but as Heaven's first law ; and the notion prevailed that anyone who had artistic leanings and wanted to write short ...
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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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