The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1The reminiscences of the author's lifetime; insight on life and art; education, discipline and training of a writer. |
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... Walter Pater . It is obvious that the grand style is more striking than the plain . Indeed many people think that a style that does not attract notice is not style . They will admire Walter Pater's , but will read an essay by Matthew ...
... Walter Pater . It is obvious that the grand style is more striking than the plain . Indeed many people think that a style that does not attract notice is not style . They will admire Walter Pater's , but will read an essay by Matthew ...
Page 88
... Walter Pater and George Meredith . I was very ready to do what I was told to achieve this desirable end and incredible as it must seem I read The Shaving of Shagpat with roars of laughter . It seemed to me superlatively funny . Then I ...
... Walter Pater and George Meredith . I was very ready to do what I was told to achieve this desirable end and incredible as it must seem I read The Shaving of Shagpat with roars of laughter . It seemed to me superlatively funny . Then I ...
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... Walter Pater whom I read at the same time and with a similar excitement . No pleasant associations give him for me a ... Pater's attitude towards the life about him , cloistered , faintly supercilious , gentlemanly , donnish in short ...
... Walter Pater whom I read at the same time and with a similar excitement . No pleasant associations give him for me a ... Pater's attitude towards the life about him , cloistered , faintly supercilious , gentlemanly , donnish in short ...
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