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... it was due to something I dis- covered in myself about which I shall have a little to say later . The defect of such an undertaking is that may kill spontaneity . One great difference between the persons of real life and the persons ...
... it was due to something I dis- covered in myself about which I shall have a little to say later . The defect of such an undertaking is that may kill spontaneity . One great difference between the persons of real life and the persons ...
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It is a psychological trait in human nature that interest is established in the 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 ...
It is a psychological trait in human nature that interest is established in the 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 ...
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Stendhal , in one of his manuscripts , has written the names of the persons who had suggested his characters ... that he could not create a character at all unless as a starting point he could fix his imagination on a living person .
Stendhal , in one of his manuscripts , has written the names of the persons who had suggested his characters ... that he could not create a character at all unless as a starting point he could fix his imagination on a living person .
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| Title | THE SUMMING UP |
| Author | W. SOMER MAUGHAI |
| Published | 1938 |
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