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Page 50
... persons of real life and the persons of fiction is that the persons of real life are creatures of im- pulse . It has been said that metaphysics is the find- ing of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct ; and it might be said ...
... persons of real life and the persons of fiction is that the persons of real life are creatures of im- pulse . It has been said that metaphysics is the find- ing of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct ; and it might be said ...
Page 124
... persons whom the playwright introduces at the be- ginning of his play so firmly that if the interest is then switched off to other persons who enter upon the scene later , a sense of disappointment ensues . The astute dramatist presents ...
... persons whom the playwright introduces at the be- ginning of his play so firmly that if the interest is then switched off to other persons who enter upon the scene later , a sense of disappointment ensues . The astute dramatist presents ...
Page 212
... person . I suspect that the writers who deny that they use actual persons deceive themselves ( which is not impossible , since you can be a very good novelist without being very intelligent ) or deceive us . When they tell the truth and ...
... person . I suspect that the writers who deny that they use actual persons deceive themselves ( which is not impossible , since you can be a very good novelist without being very intelligent ) or deceive us . When they tell the truth and ...
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