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Page 95
For the production of a work of art is not the result of a miracle . ... his ordinary
avocations with patience ; the subconscious does its mysterious business ; and
then , suddenly springing , you might think from nowhere , the idea is produced .
For the production of a work of art is not the result of a miracle . ... his ordinary
avocations with patience ; the subconscious does its mysterious business ; and
then , suddenly springing , you might think from nowhere , the idea is produced .
Page 135
Societies have been founded in order to produce plays that people may go to
who disdain the commercial theatre . ... There are a number of dramatists who
spend their whole careers writing plays which are only produced by these
societies .
Societies have been founded in order to produce plays that people may go to
who disdain the commercial theatre . ... There are a number of dramatists who
spend their whole careers writing plays which are only produced by these
societies .
Page 143
The madrigal which was once a popular form of musical entertainment , exciting
composers to write for it and producing an elaborate school of performers ,
succumbed when musical instruments were invented that produced more
beautifully ...
The madrigal which was once a popular form of musical entertainment , exciting
composers to write for it and producing an elaborate school of performers ,
succumbed when musical instruments were invented that produced more
beautifully ...
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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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