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Page 35
... attention to these , you cannot pay attention at all . Your mind wanders . This kind of writing demands a subject that will suit it . It is surely out of place to write in the grand style of inconsiderable things . No one wrote in this ...
... attention to these , you cannot pay attention at all . Your mind wanders . This kind of writing demands a subject that will suit it . It is surely out of place to write in the grand style of inconsiderable things . No one wrote in this ...
Page 113
... attention . It is a psychological trait in human nature that interest is established in the persons whom the playwright in- troduces at the beginning of his play so firmly that if the interest is then switched off to other persons who ...
... attention . It is a psychological trait in human nature that interest is established in the persons whom the playwright in- troduces at the beginning of his play so firmly that if the interest is then switched off to other persons who ...
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... attention to the writers who seemed to offer something new in technique , and this is very comprehensible , for the novelties they presented gave a sort of freshness to well - worn material and were a fruitful matter of discussion . It ...
... attention to the writers who seemed to offer something new in technique , and this is very comprehensible , for the novelties they presented gave a sort of freshness to well - worn material and were a fruitful matter of discussion . It ...
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