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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... difficult to find on the English stage a more competent , intelligent and versatile actor . On the other hand , I have had plays produced in which I was conscious that the audience were not seeing anything like what I wanted them to see ...
... difficult to find on the English stage a more competent , intelligent and versatile actor . On the other hand , I have had plays produced in which I was conscious that the audience were not seeing anything like what I wanted them to see ...
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... difficult for an author to arrive at any conclusion about his merit . In England there is a natural tendency to despise the novel . The autobiography of an insignificant politician , the life of a royal courtesan will receive serious ...
... difficult for an author to arrive at any conclusion about his merit . In England there is a natural tendency to despise the novel . The autobiography of an insignificant politician , the life of a royal courtesan will receive serious ...
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... difficult too when there was the hope that in another existence a greater happiness would reward one . But if one feels one's own woes in a more forcible way than those of others ( I cannot feel your toothache , as the philosophers say ) ...
... difficult too when there was the hope that in another existence a greater happiness would reward one . But if one feels one's own woes in a more forcible way than those of others ( I cannot feel your toothache , as the philosophers say ) ...
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