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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... words . He liked the stronger word rather than the euphonious . To give an example , I had written that a statue would be placed in a certain square and he suggested that I should write : the statue will stand . I had not done that ...
... words . He liked the stronger word rather than the euphonious . To give an example , I had written that a statue would be placed in a certain square and he suggested that I should write : the statue will stand . I had not done that ...
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... word that came to hand , but since he had an acute and logical brain it was always the right one , and he put it in ... words were those Swift had used and that the order in which he had placed them was the only possible order . It is ...
... word that came to hand , but since he had an acute and logical brain it was always the right one , and he put it in ... words were those Swift had used and that the order in which he had placed them was the only possible order . It is ...
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... words , but did not reflect that an order that was natural at the beginning of the eighteenth century was most unnatural at the beginning of ours . My attempt to write in the manner of Swift made it impossible for me to achieve the ...
... words , but did not reflect that an order that was natural at the beginning of the eighteenth century was most unnatural at the beginning of ours . My attempt to write in the manner of Swift made it impossible for me to achieve the ...
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