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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Page 72
... accept . But it was long before Stendhal's example bore fruit . Balzac , with all his genius , drew his characters after the old models . He gave them his own immense vitality so that you accept them as real ; but in fact they are ...
... accept . But it was long before Stendhal's example bore fruit . Balzac , with all his genius , drew his characters after the old models . He gave them his own immense vitality so that you accept them as real ; but in fact they are ...
Page 132
... accept senti- mentality of its own brand : thus in England it will accept the emotions attached to the concept of home , but the concept of a son's love for his mother only excites its ridicule . It is careless of probability if the ...
... accept senti- mentality of its own brand : thus in England it will accept the emotions attached to the concept of home , but the concept of a son's love for his mother only excites its ridicule . It is careless of probability if the ...
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... accept impulse on the stage . Now an impulse is merely an urge to action of whose motive the agent is not conscious ; it is analogous to an intuition , which is a judgement you make without being aware of its grounds . But though an ...
... accept impulse on the stage . Now an impulse is merely an urge to action of whose motive the agent is not conscious ; it is analogous to an intuition , which is a judgement you make without being aware of its grounds . But though an ...
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accept action actors admire ęsthetic amusing artist asked audience beauty believe better character Chekov comedy common conscious course crasy critic deal delight dialogue discover drama dramatist effect emotion English evil excited existence experience eyes fact feeling fiction forced French gave George Meredith Gerald du Maurier gift give Goethe Henry Arthur Jones Human Bondage human nature humour ideas idiosyncrasy imagination important instinct interest invention Jack Straw knew knowledge Kuno Fischer Lady Frederick literature live Liza of Lambeth look matter Matthew Arnold meaning mind never notion novel novelist one's pattern perfect perhaps philosophers phrase picture play pleasure produced prose reader reason seemed sense sometimes sort soul speak spirit Stendhal story success suppose talent tell theatre things thought tion told truth Walter Pater wanted words write written wrote young youth