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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Swift's prose is like a French canal , bordered with poplars , that runs through a gracious and undulating country . Its tranquil charm fills you with satisfaction , but it neither excites the emotions nor stimulates the imagination .
Swift's prose is like a French canal , bordered with poplars , that runs through a gracious and undulating country . Its tranquil charm fills you with satisfaction , but it neither excites the emotions nor stimulates the imagination .
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In the last chapter of Hydriotaphia the matter , which is the destiny of man , wonderfully fits the baroque splendour of the language , and here the Norwich doctor produced a piece of prose that has never been surpassed in our ...
In the last chapter of Hydriotaphia the matter , which is the destiny of man , wonderfully fits the baroque splendour of the language , and here the Norwich doctor produced a piece of prose that has never been surpassed in our ...
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It is not an accident that the best prose was written when rococo with its elegance and moderation , at its birth attained its greatest excellence . For rococo was evolved when baroque had become declamatory and the world , tired of the ...
It is not an accident that the best prose was written when rococo with its elegance and moderation , at its birth attained its greatest excellence . For rococo was evolved when baroque had become declamatory and the world , tired of the ...
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| Title | The Summing Up Volume 10 of Collected edition of the works of W. Somerset Maugham 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 |
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