The Summing UpAutobiographical and confessional, and yet not, this is one of the most highly regarded expressions of a personal credo - both a classic avowal of an author's ideas and his craft. |
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I had little gift of metaphor ; the original and striking simile seldom occurred to me . Poetic flights and the great imaginative sweep were beyond my powers . I could admire them in others as I could admire their farfetched [ 29 ] THE ...
I had little gift of metaphor ; the original and striking simile seldom occurred to me . Poetic flights and the great imaginative sweep were beyond my powers . I could admire them in others as I could admire their farfetched [ 29 ] THE ...
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admire them in others as I could admire their farfetched tropes and the unusual but suggestive language in which they clothed their thoughts , but my own invention never presented me with such embellishments ; and I was tired of trying ...
admire them in others as I could admire their farfetched tropes and the unusual but suggestive language in which they clothed their thoughts , but my own invention never presented me with such embellishments ; and I was tired of trying ...
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a admire if you would be a person of culture and not a British philistine were Walter Pater and George Meredith . I was very ready to do what I was told to achieve this desirable end and incredible as it must seem I read The Shaving of ...
a admire if you would be a person of culture and not a British philistine were Walter Pater and George Meredith . I was very ready to do what I was told to achieve this desirable end and incredible as it must seem I read The Shaving of ...
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| Title | The Summing Up Volume 10 of Collected edition of the works of W. Somerset Maugham Works, William Somerset Maugham |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Arno Press, 1977 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 18 May 2018 |
| ISBN | 0405078307, 9780405078309 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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