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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... thought with pains I could arrive at writing as well as my natural defects allowed . On taking thought it seemed to me that I must aim at lucidity , simplicity and euphony . I have put these three qualities in the order of the ...
... thought with pains I could arrive at writing as well as my natural defects allowed . On taking thought it seemed to me that I must aim at lucidity , simplicity and euphony . I have put these three qualities in the order of the ...
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... thought have largely ceased to frequent it . I have a notion that when the intelligent look for thought in a playhouse , they show less intelli- gence than one would have expected of them . Thought is a private thing . It is the ...
... thought have largely ceased to frequent it . I have a notion that when the intelligent look for thought in a playhouse , they show less intelli- gence than one would have expected of them . Thought is a private thing . It is the ...
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... thought of travelling . I was tired of the man I was , and it seemed to me that by a long journey to some far distant country I might renew myself . Russia was very much in the thoughts of people then and I had a mind to go there for a ...
... thought of travelling . I was tired of the man I was , and it seemed to me that by a long journey to some far distant country I might renew myself . Russia was very much in the thoughts of people then and I had a mind to go there for a ...
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