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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... once invited to dine with my grandfather . My grandfather carved the beef and then a servant handed him a dish of potatoes baked in their skins . There are few things better to eat than a potato in its skin , with plenty of butter ...
... once invited to dine with my grandfather . My grandfather carved the beef and then a servant handed him a dish of potatoes baked in their skins . There are few things better to eat than a potato in its skin , with plenty of butter ...
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... once studiously formed a style , rarely writes afterwards with complete ease . ' Admirably as I think Matthew Arnold's style was suited to his par- ticular purposes , I must admit that his mannerisms are often irritating . His style was ...
... once studiously formed a style , rarely writes afterwards with complete ease . ' Admirably as I think Matthew Arnold's style was suited to his par- ticular purposes , I must admit that his mannerisms are often irritating . His style was ...
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... once quicker - witted and more im- patient than ever before in the history of the theatre . Plays have been written in such and such a way be- cause they satisfied audiences . Audiences in the past seem to have been willing to sit out ...
... once quicker - witted and more im- patient than ever before in the history of the theatre . Plays have been written in such and such a way be- cause they satisfied audiences . Audiences in the past seem to have been willing to sit out ...
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accept action actors admire æsthetic amusing appearance artist asked audience beauty believe better character comedy common conscious course critic deal delight dialogue discover drama dramatist emotion English evil exciting existence experience feeling fiction forced French gave gift give Henry Arthur Jones Human Bondage human nature humour ideas imagination instinct interest invention King's School knew Lady Frederick literature live Liza of Lambeth look matter Matthew Arnold Maugham means mind ness never notion novel novelist one's Painted Veil pattern perfect perhaps persons philosophers phrase picture play pleasure produced prose reader reason seemed sense short stories SOMERSET MAUGHAM sometimes sort soul spirit St Thomas's Hospital Stendhal success suppose tell theatre things thought tion told truth V. S. Pritchett verse Walter Pater wanted words write written wrote young youth