The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1This book represents Maugham's life and philosophy in his own words. It is autobiographical in nature, though most of the work is concerned with Maugham's unique and fascinating opinions on the theatre, writing, metaphysics and the interesting people he encountered in his long and successful career. |
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Page 15
... called the Little Tour , France , Germany and Switzerland ; and I remember that when he de- scribed the not very impressive fall of the Rhine at Schaffhausen he offered thanks to God Almighty because in creating ' this stupendous ...
... called the Little Tour , France , Germany and Switzerland ; and I remember that when he de- scribed the not very impressive fall of the Rhine at Schaffhausen he offered thanks to God Almighty because in creating ' this stupendous ...
Page 170
... called The Merry - Go - Round . It was rather absurd because owing to the influence on me of the ęsthetic school of the nineties I made everyone in- credibly beautiful , and it was written in a tight and affected manner . But its chief ...
... called The Merry - Go - Round . It was rather absurd because owing to the influence on me of the ęsthetic school of the nineties I made everyone in- credibly beautiful , and it was written in a tight and affected manner . But its chief ...
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... called my book Beauty from Ashes , which is a quotation from Isaiah , but finding that this title had been recently used , I chose instead the title of one of the books in Spinoza's Ethics and called it Of Human Bondage . It is not an ...
... called my book Beauty from Ashes , which is a quotation from Isaiah , but finding that this title had been recently used , I chose instead the title of one of the books in Spinoza's Ethics and called it Of Human Bondage . It is not an ...
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