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Page 37
... ness what he thought with vigour . And one of his Lives he finished with the words : ' Whoever wishes to attain an English style , familiar but not coarse , and elegant but not ostentatious , must give his days and nights to the volumes ...
... ness what he thought with vigour . And one of his Lives he finished with the words : ' Whoever wishes to attain an English style , familiar but not coarse , and elegant but not ostentatious , must give his days and nights to the volumes ...
Page 75
... ness we know , they can make a living in ways , like journalism or teaching , that are allied to the arts . Of course it is from among those who possess by nature this facility that the artist is produced . With- out it he cannot have ...
... ness we know , they can make a living in ways , like journalism or teaching , that are allied to the arts . Of course it is from among those who possess by nature this facility that the artist is produced . With- out it he cannot have ...
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... ness and vanity by occurrences upon which I need not dwell and so made up my mind to go to the South Seas . I had wanted to go ever since as a youth I had read The Ebb - Tide and The Wrecker and I wanted besides to get material for a ...
... ness and vanity by occurrences upon which I need not dwell and so made up my mind to go to the South Seas . I had wanted to go ever since as a youth I had read The Ebb - Tide and The Wrecker and I wanted besides to get material for a ...
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