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... admire them in others as I could admire their far- [ 29 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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William Somerset Maugham. admire them in others as I could admire their far- fetched tropes and the unusual but suggestive lan- guage in which they clothed their thoughts , but my own invention never presented me with such embel ...
William Somerset Maugham. admire them in others as I could admire their far- fetched tropes and the unusual but suggestive lan- guage in which they clothed their thoughts , but my own invention never presented me with such embel ...
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... admire . I intoxicated myself with my own enthusiasm . I would not listen to the still small voice within me that carped . Now I know that there is a great deal of fustian in these novels . But the strange thing is that , reading them ...
... admire . I intoxicated myself with my own enthusiasm . I would not listen to the still small voice within me that carped . Now I know that there is a great deal of fustian in these novels . But the strange thing is that , reading them ...
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