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Page 134
When I say that plays are ephemeral , I am of course not speaking of plays in
verse ; the greatest and noblest of the arts can lend its own life to the humble
partner ; I am speaking of the plays in prose with which our modern theatre is
alone ...
When I say that plays are ephemeral , I am of course not speaking of plays in
verse ; the greatest and noblest of the arts can lend its own life to the humble
partner ; I am speaking of the plays in prose with which our modern theatre is
alone ...
Page 138
He owes his originality to an idiosyncrasy , not of course peculiar to himself , that
had never before found expression on the stage . The English , whatever they
were in the Elizabethan era , are not an amorous race . Love with them is more ...
He owes his originality to an idiosyncrasy , not of course peculiar to himself , that
had never before found expression on the stage . The English , whatever they
were in the Elizabethan era , are not an amorous race . Love with them is more ...
Page 223
I have gone my way , following the course I had mapped out for myself , and
trying with my works to fill out the pattern I looked for . I think authors are unwise
who do not read criticisms . It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by
...
I have gone my way , following the course I had mapped out for myself , and
trying with my works to fill out the pattern I looked for . I think authors are unwise
who do not read criticisms . It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by
...
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| 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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