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They will admire Walter Pater's , but will read an essay by Matthew Arnold without giving a moment's attention to the elegance , distinc- tion and sobriety with which he set down what he had to say . The dictum that the style is the man ...
They will admire Walter Pater's , but will read an essay by Matthew Arnold without giving a moment's attention to the elegance , distinc- tion and sobriety with which he set down what he had to say . The dictum that the style is the man ...
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It is doubtless a harmless occupa- tion , but they are wrong if they think it an intelligent one . xxvi In my youth , when my instinctive feeling about a book differed from that of authoritative critics I did not hesitate to conclude ...
It is doubtless a harmless occupa- tion , but they are wrong if they think it an intelligent one . xxvi In my youth , when my instinctive feeling about a book differed from that of authoritative critics I did not hesitate to conclude ...
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It is careless of probability if the situa- tion excites its interest , a trait in which Shakespeare made extravagant use ; but jibs at a lack of plausi- bility .
It is careless of probability if the situa- tion excites its interest , a trait in which Shakespeare made extravagant use ; but jibs at a lack of plausi- bility .
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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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