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Page 79
... knew , but he fired my young imagination and I began to learn Italian . I accepted everything he told me with the fervour of the proselyte . I should not blame him because he inspired me with a passionate admiration for certain works ...
... knew , but he fired my young imagination and I began to learn Italian . I accepted everything he told me with the fervour of the proselyte . I should not blame him because he inspired me with a passionate admiration for certain works ...
Page 138
... knew exactly how to write a successful play . I knew , that is to say , what I could expect from an audience . Without their collabora- tion I could do nothing and I knew how far their collaboration could go . I found myself ...
... knew exactly how to write a successful play . I knew , that is to say , what I could expect from an audience . Without their collabora- tion I could do nothing and I knew how far their collaboration could go . I found myself ...
Page 276
... knew la douceur de vivre . We who were in the full vigour of our youth before the First World War may not un- reasonably claim that we too knew the sweetness of life . Of course I welcome the relief that has been afforded in my coun ...
... knew la douceur de vivre . We who were in the full vigour of our youth before the First World War may not un- reasonably claim that we too knew the sweetness of life . Of course I welcome the relief that has been afforded in my coun ...
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accept action actors admire æsthetic amusing appearance artist asked audience beauty believe Bertrand Russell better character Chekov comedy common conscious course critic deal death delight dialogue discover drama dramatist effect emotion English evil excited existence experience fact feel fiction forced French gave George Meredith Gerald du Maurier gift give Goethe Henry Arthur Jones Human Bondage human nature humour ideas idiosyncrasy imagination important instinct interest knew Kuno Fischer Lady Frederick literature live Liza of Lambeth longer look matter Matthew Arnold meaning mind never notion novel novelist one's pattern perhaps persons philosophers phrase picture play pleasure produced prose reader reason rococo seemed sense sometimes sort soul spirit Stendhal story success suppose tell theatre things thought tion told truth verse Walter Pater wanted words write written wrote young youth