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... thought of fine writing . I wanted to write without any frills of language , in as bare and unaffected a manner as I could . I had so much to say that I could afford to waste no words . I wanted merely to set down the facts . I began ...
... thought of fine writing . I wanted to write without any frills of language , in as bare and unaffected a manner as I could . I had so much to say that I could afford to waste no words . I wanted merely to set down the facts . I began ...
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... thought with pains I could arrive at writing as well as my natural defects allowed . On taking thought it seemed to me that I must aim at lucidity , simplicity and euphony . I have put these three qualities in the order of the ...
... thought with pains I could arrive at writing as well as my natural defects allowed . On taking thought it seemed to me that I must aim at lucidity , simplicity and euphony . I have put these three qualities in the order of the ...
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... thought have largely ceased to frequent it . I have a notion that when the intelligent look for thought in a play- house , they show less intelligence than one would have expected of them . Thought is a private thing . It is the ...
... thought have largely ceased to frequent it . I have a notion that when the intelligent look for thought in a play- house , they show less intelligence than one would have expected of them . Thought is a private thing . It is the ...
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