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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... phrase . He was no slavish admirer of logic and was willing enough to give usage right of way through the exact ... phrase that was easy and unaffected to a phrase that was grammatical . One of the differences between French and English ...
... phrase . He was no slavish admirer of logic and was willing enough to give usage right of way through the exact ... phrase that was easy and unaffected to a phrase that was grammatical . One of the differences between French and English ...
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... phrases , not the mean , querulous , disagreeable man that he appeared to the world that knew him , but the man ... phrase and both knew how to write sen- tences pleasing to the eye . Both had an ear of ex- treme sensitiveness . If ...
... phrases , not the mean , querulous , disagreeable man that he appeared to the world that knew him , but the man ... phrase and both knew how to write sen- tences pleasing to the eye . Both had an ear of ex- treme sensitiveness . If ...
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... phrase and said to myself : follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner . By the time I was twenty - four I had constructed a complete system of philosophy . It rested on two principles : The Relativity of ...
... phrase and said to myself : follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner . By the time I was twenty - four I had constructed a complete system of philosophy . It rested on two principles : The Relativity of ...
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