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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William Somerset Maugham. help . An actor will sometimes say to an author : ' Couldn't you give me a word or two more in this speech ? It seems to take away all the point of my line if I have nothing else to ... sometimes say to an author...
William Somerset Maugham. help . An actor will sometimes say to an author : ' Couldn't you give me a word or two more in this speech ? It seems to take away all the point of my line if I have nothing else to ... sometimes say to an author...
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... sometimes and sometimes grave , a wood- land beauty of phrase , dignity and mellowness . Both wrote with extreme lucidity . Neither is quite as simple as the purest taste demands . Here I think Matthew Amold excels them . Both had a ...
... sometimes and sometimes grave , a wood- land beauty of phrase , dignity and mellowness . Both wrote with extreme lucidity . Neither is quite as simple as the purest taste demands . Here I think Matthew Amold excels them . Both had a ...
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... Sometimes , in their indignation , they have sought to persuade themselves that the work of such men could not possess the value they thought . When it has been brought to their knowledge that great and pure poets had left behind them a ...
... Sometimes , in their indignation , they have sought to persuade themselves that the work of such men could not possess the value they thought . When it has been brought to their knowledge that great and pure poets had left behind them a ...
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