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I found that the only possible words were those Swift had used and that the order
in which he had placed them was the only possible order . It is an impeccable
prose . But perfection has one grave defect : it is apt to be dull . Swift's prose is
like ...
I found that the only possible words were those Swift had used and that the order
in which he had placed them was the only possible order . It is an impeccable
prose . But perfection has one grave defect : it is apt to be dull . Swift's prose is
like ...
Page 124
The astute dramatist presents his subject as early as possible , and if for
theatrical effectiveness he does not introduce his principal characters till later ,
the conversation of the persons on the stage at the rising of the curtain
concentrates the ...
The astute dramatist presents his subject as early as possible , and if for
theatrical effectiveness he does not introduce his principal characters till later ,
the conversation of the persons on the stage at the rising of the curtain
concentrates the ...
Page 298
I have tried to find out from the writers on æsthetics what it is in human nature that
makes it possible for us to get the emotion of beauty and what exactly this
emotion is . It is usual enough to talk of the æsthetic instinct : the term seems to
give it ...
I have tried to find out from the writers on æsthetics what it is in human nature that
makes it possible for us to get the emotion of beauty and what exactly this
emotion is . It is usual enough to talk of the æsthetic instinct : the term seems to
give it ...
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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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