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Page 35
... perhaps a native lack of precision in thought , perhaps a naïve delight in fine
words for their own sake , an innate eccentricity and love of embroidery , I do not
know ; but the fact remains that ever since , English prose has had to struggle ...
... perhaps a native lack of precision in thought , perhaps a naïve delight in fine
words for their own sake , an innate eccentricity and love of embroidery , I do not
know ; but the fact remains that ever since , English prose has had to struggle ...
Page 38
The world was a more comfortable place to live in and perhaps for the first time in
centuries the cultivated classes could sit back and enjoy their leisure . It has been
said that good prose should resemble the conversation of a well - bred man .
The world was a more comfortable place to live in and perhaps for the first time in
centuries the cultivated classes could sit back and enjoy their leisure . It has been
said that good prose should resemble the conversation of a well - bred man .
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... certain themes that dramatists favoured have now fallen into desuetude . We
are less revengeful than we were and now a play devoted to revenge would be
scarcely plausible . Perhaps because our passions are less strong , perhaps
even ...
... certain themes that dramatists favoured have now fallen into desuetude . We
are less revengeful than we were and now a play devoted to revenge would be
scarcely plausible . Perhaps because our passions are less strong , perhaps
even ...
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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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