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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... phrase that one does not quite understand may mean a great deal more than one realizes . From this there is only a little way to go to fall into the habit of setting down one's impressions in all their original vagueness . Fools can ...
... phrase that one does not quite understand may mean a great deal more than one realizes . From this there is only a little way to go to fall into the habit of setting down one's impressions in all their original vagueness . Fools can ...
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... phrase . He was no slavish admirer of logic and was willing enough to give usage right of way through the exact ... phrase that was easy and unaffected to a phrase that was grammatical . One of the differences between French and English ...
... phrase . He was no slavish admirer of logic and was willing enough to give usage right of way through the exact ... phrase that was easy and unaffected to a phrase that was grammatical . One of the differences between French and English ...
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... phrases , not the mean , querulous , disagreeable man that he appeared to the world that knew him , but the man ... phrase and both knew how to write sen- tences pleasing to the eye . Both had an ear of ex- treme sensitiveness . If ...
... phrases , not the mean , querulous , disagreeable man that he appeared to the world that knew him , but the man ... phrase and both knew how to write sen- tences pleasing to the eye . Both had an ear of ex- treme sensitiveness . If ...
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