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I found that the only possible words were those Swift had used and that the order in which he had placed them was the only possible order . It is an impeccable prose . But perfection has one grave defect : it is apt to be dull .
I found that the only possible words were those Swift had used and that the order in which he had placed them was the only possible order . It is an impeccable prose . But perfection has one grave defect : it is apt to be dull .
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The astute dramatist presents his subject as early as possible , and if for theatrical effectiveness he does not introduce his principal characters till later , the conversation of the persons on the stage at the rising of the curtain ...
The astute dramatist presents his subject as early as possible , and if for theatrical effectiveness he does not introduce his principal characters till later , the conversation of the persons on the stage at the rising of the curtain ...
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They were of all sorts ; indeed , the variety would have been bewildering but that my powers of observation were by now well trained and I found it possible without conscious effort to pigeon - hole each one in my awareness .
They were of all sorts ; indeed , the variety would have been bewildering but that my powers of observation were by now well trained and I found it possible without conscious effort to pigeon - hole each one in my awareness .
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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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