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As Dr Johnson said : ' He that has once studiously formed a style , rarely writes afterwards with complete ease . ' Admirably as I think Matthew Arnold's style was suited to his par . ticular purposes , I must admit that ...
As Dr Johnson said : ' He that has once studiously formed a style , rarely writes afterwards with complete ease . ' Admirably as I think Matthew Arnold's style was suited to his par . ticular purposes , I must admit that ...
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I had for the first time tasted freedom and I could not bear the thought of going to Cambridge and being subjected once more to restraint . I felt myself a man and I had a great eagerness to enter at once [ 60 ] THE SUMMING UP.
I had for the first time tasted freedom and I could not bear the thought of going to Cambridge and being subjected once more to restraint . I felt myself a man and I had a great eagerness to enter at once [ 60 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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To do so is now more than ever necessary , for audiences are at once quicker - witted and more impatient than ever before in the history of the theatre . Plays have been written in such and such a way because they satisfied audiences .
To do so is now more than ever necessary , for audiences are at once quicker - witted and more impatient than ever before in the history of the theatre . Plays have been written in such and such a way because they satisfied audiences .
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | Literary Guild of America, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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