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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... better shown in other works . It is a tiresome allegory and the irony is facile . But the style is admirable . I cannot imagine that English can be better written . Here are no flowery periods , fantastic turns of phrase or high - flown ...
... better shown in other works . It is a tiresome allegory and the irony is facile . But the style is admirable . I cannot imagine that English can be better written . Here are no flowery periods , fantastic turns of phrase or high - flown ...
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... better . I cannot say of myself what Johnson said of Pope : ' He never passed a fault unamended by indifference ... better than the blunt , obvious one or when it gives a sentence a better balance . But , I hasten to add , though I think ...
... better . I cannot say of myself what Johnson said of Pope : ' He never passed a fault unamended by indifference ... better than the blunt , obvious one or when it gives a sentence a better balance . But , I hasten to add , though I think ...
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... better than they were , but for all that it does not seem fatuous to think that the world is on the whole a better place to live in than it was in the past that history sets before us , and that the lot of the great majority , bad as it ...
... better than they were , but for all that it does not seem fatuous to think that the world is on the whole a better place to live in than it was in the past that history sets before us , and that the lot of the great majority , bad as it ...
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