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Page 132
Both were fortunate in the time of their appearance . Ibsen's advent coincided
with the movement for the liberation of women from the inferior position in which
they had so long stood ; Shaw's with the revolt of youth from the conventionality of
...
Both were fortunate in the time of their appearance . Ibsen's advent coincided
with the movement for the liberation of women from the inferior position in which
they had so long stood ; Shaw's with the revolt of youth from the conventionality of
...
Page 215
... situates them perhaps in a different class ; what he cannot so easily do is to
change their appearance . The physical traits of a man influence his character
and contrariwise his character is expressed , at least in the rough , in his
appearance .
... situates them perhaps in a different class ; what he cannot so easily do is to
change their appearance . The physical traits of a man influence his character
and contrariwise his character is expressed , at least in the rough , in his
appearance .
Page 254
The most important of them wrote well , and they gave an appearance of
simplicity to problems which I had not been able to make head or tail of . But
much as I should have liked to I could not bring myself to believe , as they did ,
that truth is ...
The most important of them wrote well , and they gave an appearance of
simplicity to problems which I had not been able to make head or tail of . But
much as I should have liked to I could not bring myself to believe , as they did ,
that truth is ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Doran & Company, Incorporated, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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