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 113
... suppose , that their personality is made up of the parts they play and that the basis of it is something amorphous . It is a soft , malleable thing that is capable of taking any shape and being painted in any colour . An ingenious ...
... suppose , that their personality is made up of the parts they play and that the basis of it is something amorphous . It is a soft , malleable thing that is capable of taking any shape and being painted in any colour . An ingenious ...
Page 130
... suppose , by the advent of the cinema . To - day , audiences , especially in English- speaking countries , have learnt to see the point of a scene at once and having seen it want to pass on to the next ; they catch the gist of a speech ...
... suppose , by the advent of the cinema . To - day , audiences , especially in English- speaking countries , have learnt to see the point of a scene at once and having seen it want to pass on to the next ; they catch the gist of a speech ...
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... suppose , along the vast course of time the men we are have been gradually created . And if the astronomer tells us truth this planet will eventually reach a condition when living things can no longer exist upon it and at long last the ...
... suppose , along the vast course of time the men we are have been gradually created . And if the astronomer tells us truth this planet will eventually reach a condition when living things can no longer exist upon it and at long last the ...
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