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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My mother was very small , with large brown eyes and hair of a rich reddish gold ,
exquisite features and a lovely skin . She was very much admired . One of her
great friends was Lady Anglesey , an American woman who died at an advanced
...
My mother was very small , with large brown eyes and hair of a rich reddish gold ,
exquisite features and a lovely skin . She was very much admired . One of her
great friends was Lady Anglesey , an American woman who died at an advanced
...
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William Somerset Maugham. fore you and if you have not the eyes to see you will
learn nothing . If you are hidebound with prejudice , if your temper is sentimental ,
you can go through the wards of a hospital and be as ignorant of man at the ...
William Somerset Maugham. fore you and if you have not the eyes to see you will
learn nothing . If you are hidebound with prejudice , if your temper is sentimental ,
you can go through the wards of a hospital and be as ignorant of man at the ...
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You tend to close your eyes to truth , beauty and goodness because they give no
scope to your sense of the ridiculous . The humorist has a quick eye for the
humbug ; he does not always recognize the saint . But if to see men one - sidedly
is a ...
You tend to close your eyes to truth , beauty and goodness because they give no
scope to your sense of the ridiculous . The humorist has a quick eye for the
humbug ; he does not always recognize the saint . But if to see men one - sidedly
is a ...
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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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