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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... possible words were those Swift had used and that the order in which he had placed them was the only possible order . It is an impeccable prose . But perfection has one grave defect : it is apt to be dull . Swift's prose is like a ...
... possible words were those Swift had used and that the order in which he had placed them was the only possible order . It is an impeccable prose . But perfection has one grave defect : it is apt to be dull . Swift's prose is like a ...
Page 124
... possible , and if for theatrical effectiveness he does not introduce his principal characters till later , the conversation of the persons on the stage at the rising of the curtain concentrates the attention of the audi- ence on them so ...
... possible , and if for theatrical effectiveness he does not introduce his principal characters till later , the conversation of the persons on the stage at the rising of the curtain concentrates the attention of the audi- ence on them so ...
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... possible that if I had been sent six months before I might quite well have succeeded . Three months after my arrival in Petrograd the crash came and put an end to all my plans . I returned to England . I had had some interesting ...
... possible that if I had been sent six months before I might quite well have succeeded . Three months after my arrival in Petrograd the crash came and put an end to all my plans . I returned to England . I had had some interesting ...
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