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But words are tyrannical things , they exist for their meanings , and if you will not pay attention to these , you cannot pay attention at all . Your mind wanders . This kind of writing demands a subject that will suit it .
But words are tyrannical things , they exist for their meanings , and if you will not pay attention to these , you cannot pay attention at all . Your mind wanders . This kind of writing demands a subject that will suit it .
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If he lets you wander from the main point it is very likely that he will never recapture your attention . It is a psychological trait in human nature that interest is established in the persons whom the playwright introduces at the ...
If he lets you wander from the main point it is very likely that he will never recapture your attention . It is a psychological trait in human nature that interest is established in the persons whom the playwright introduces at the ...
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The intelligent critics , the more serious novel readers , have since then given most of their attention to the writers who seemed to offer something new in technique , and this is very comprehensible , for the novelties they presented ...
The intelligent critics , the more serious novel readers , have since then given most of their attention to the writers who seemed to offer something new in technique , and this is very comprehensible , for the novelties they presented ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | Literary Guild of America, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Feb 2011 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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