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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It is very hard to 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 ...
It is very hard to 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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I take the goodness of the good for granted and I am amused when I discover
their defects or their vices ; I am touched when I see the goodness of the wicked
and I am willing enough to shrug a tolerant shoulder at their wickedness . I am
not ...
I take the goodness of the good for granted and I am amused when I discover
their defects or their vices ; I am touched when I see the goodness of the wicked
and I am willing enough to shrug a tolerant shoulder at their wickedness . I am
not ...
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many books to discover what the authorities had to say that made the matter a
little plainer . I have known intimately a great many persons who were absorbed
in the arts . I am afraid that neither from them nor from books have I learnt much
that ...
many books to discover what the authorities had to say that made the matter a
little plainer . I have known intimately a great many persons who were absorbed
in the arts . I am afraid that neither from them nor from books have I learnt much
that ...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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