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As I saw it in my mind's eye my book would have the appearance of an immensely long telegram in which for economy's sake you had left out every word that was not necessary to make the sense clear . I have not read it since I corrected ...
As I saw it in my mind's eye my book would have the appearance of an immensely long telegram in which for economy's sake you had left out every word that was not necessary to make the sense clear . I have not read it since I corrected ...
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Till his conversion he had led the ordinary life of the young man of good birth at that time ; he was somewhat vain of his appearance , he had wenched and gambled ; but at least on one occasion he had shown rare magnanimity and he had ...
Till his conversion he had led the ordinary life of the young man of good birth at that time ; he was somewhat vain of his appearance , he had wenched and gambled ; but at least on one occasion he had shown rare magnanimity and he had ...
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The physical traits of a man influence his character and contrariwise his character is expressed , at least in the rough , in his appearance . You cannot make a tall man short and otherwise keep him the same . A man's height gives him a ...
The physical traits of a man influence his character and contrariwise his character is expressed , at least in the rough , in his appearance . You cannot make a tall man short and otherwise keep him the same . A man's height gives him a ...
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| Title | The Summing Up Volume 17 of Contemporary English series Volume 60 of Mentor books |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | Doubleday, 1954 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Feb 2011 |
| Length | 279 pages |
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