The Summing UpThis 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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Page 213
... experience of authors to be accused of having drawn a lifelike portrait of a certain person when they had in mind someone quite different . Further , it is just chance whether the author chooses his models from persons with whom he is ...
... experience of authors to be accused of having drawn a lifelike portrait of a certain person when they had in mind someone quite different . Further , it is just chance whether the author chooses his models from persons with whom he is ...
Page 244
... experience like that muscular sense that the physiol- ogists not so long ago discovered , which they have absorbed from the notions current in the society in which they live and which has been faintly modified by their own experience ...
... experience like that muscular sense that the physiol- ogists not so long ago discovered , which they have absorbed from the notions current in the society in which they live and which has been faintly modified by their own experience ...
Page 270
... experience so often , and in terms so similar , that I do not see how one can deny its reality . Indeed , I have myself had on one occasion an experience that I could only describe in the words the mystics have used to describe their ...
... experience so often , and in terms so similar , that I do not see how one can deny its reality . Indeed , I have myself had on one occasion an experience that I could only describe in the words the mystics have used to describe their ...
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