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Page 56
When I have heard judges on the bench moralizing with unction I have asked
myself whether it was possible for them to have forgotten their humanity so
completely as their words suggested. I have wished that beside his bunch of
flowers at ...
When I have heard judges on the bench moralizing with unction I have asked
myself whether it was possible for them to have forgotten their humanity so
completely as their words suggested. I have wished that beside his bunch of
flowers at ...
Page 115
I asked myself what sort of part would be likely to appeal to a leading lady, and
having made up my mind on this point, wrote Lady Frederick. But its most
effective scene, the scene that afterwards made it so successful, was one in
which the ...
I asked myself what sort of part would be likely to appeal to a leading lady, and
having made up my mind on this point, wrote Lady Frederick. But its most
effective scene, the scene that afterwards made it so successful, was one in
which the ...
Page 206
I was capable of no new development. I had sloughed the arrogance of culture.
My mood was complete acceptance. I asked from nobody more than he could
give me. I had learnt toleration. I was pleased with the goodness of my fellows; I
was ...
I was capable of no new development. I had sloughed the arrogance of culture.
My mood was complete acceptance. I asked from nobody more than he could
give me. I had learnt toleration. I was pleased with the goodness of my fellows; I
was ...
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| Title | The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1 Armed Services ed Armed Services editions Volume 10 of Collected edition of the works of W. Somerset Maugham Volume 5339 of Collection of British authors International Collector's Library Volume 60 of Mentor books Volume 5339 of Tauchnitz edition of British and American authors Works, William Somerset Maugham |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | Literary Guild of America, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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