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 wrote when I was very young in order to discover what natural aptitude I had , my original stock - in - trade , before I developed it by taking thought . The manner had a superciliousness that perhaps [ 22 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... I wrote when I was very young in order to discover what natural aptitude I had , my original stock - in - trade , before I developed it by taking thought . The manner had a superciliousness that perhaps [ 22 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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... discover the exact point where the idiom one has formed to express oneself has lost its tang . As Dr Johnson said : ' He that has once studiously formed a style , rarely writes afterwards with complete ease . ' Admirably as I think ...
... discover the exact point where the idiom one has formed to express oneself has lost its tang . As Dr Johnson said : ' He that has once studiously formed a style , rarely writes afterwards with complete ease . ' Admirably as I think ...
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... Rouge et le Noir . Contemporary criticism was outraged . Even Sainte - Beuve , who needed only to look into his own heart to discover what contrary qualities could exist side by side in some kind of harmony , [ 69 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... Rouge et le Noir . Contemporary criticism was outraged . Even Sainte - Beuve , who needed only to look into his own heart to discover what contrary qualities could exist side by side in some kind of harmony , [ 69 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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