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 76
... verse , to hammer out little tunes on the piano and to draw and paint , are instinctive with a great many young ... verses and their music owed more to a retentive memory than to a lively imagination . The point I want to make is that ...
... verse , to hammer out little tunes on the piano and to draw and paint , are instinctive with a great many young ... verses and their music owed more to a retentive memory than to a lively imagination . The point I want to make is that ...
Page 144
... verse . Verse has a specific dramatic value as anyone can see by observing in himself the thrilling effect of a tirade in one of Racine's plays or of any of Shakespeare's great set pieces ; and this is independent of the sense ; it is ...
... verse . Verse has a specific dramatic value as anyone can see by observing in himself the thrilling effect of a tirade in one of Racine's plays or of any of Shakespeare's great set pieces ; and this is independent of the sense ; it is ...
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... verse the other harmony of prose , and we see the writers of prose trying to force on it the rhythms of verse . Someone is badly wanted to define once more the characters peculiar to the several arts and to point out to those who go ...
... verse the other harmony of prose , and we see the writers of prose trying to force on it the rhythms of verse . Someone is badly wanted to define once more the characters peculiar to the several arts and to point out to those who go ...
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