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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But words are tyrannical things , they exist for their meanings , and if you will not pay attention to these , you cannot pay attention at all . Your mind wanders . This kind of writing demands a subject that will suit it .
But words are tyrannical things , they exist for their meanings , and if you will not pay attention to these , you cannot pay attention at all . Your mind wanders . This kind of writing demands a subject that will suit it .
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recapture your attention . It is a psychological trait in human nature that interest is established in the persons whom the playwright introduces at the beginning of his play so firmly that if the interest is then switched off to other ...
recapture your attention . It is a psychological trait in human nature that interest is established in the persons whom the playwright introduces at the beginning of his play so firmly that if the interest is then switched off to other ...
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That , I suppose , is why certain works whose beauty now seems manifest should , when first given to the world , have attracted no great attention . I have a notion that the odes of Keats are more beautiful than when he wrote them .
That , I suppose , is why certain works whose beauty now seems manifest should , when first given to the world , have attracted no great attention . I have a notion that the odes of Keats are more beautiful than when he wrote them .
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| Title | The Summing Up Volume 10 of Collected edition of the works of W. Somerset Maugham W. Somerset Maugham Works 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 |
| Subjects | › Fiction / Literary |
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