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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developing a sense of humor , and found he had a knack of saying bitter things , which caught people on the raw ... ” Is that what we usually mean by humor ? Sometimes Maugham's irony is more carefully and consciously balanced : “ I do ...
developing a sense of humor , and found he had a knack of saying bitter things , which caught people on the raw ... ” Is that what we usually mean by humor ? Sometimes Maugham's irony is more carefully and consciously balanced : “ I do ...
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This is the price one has to pay for having a sense of humour . A sense of humour leads you to take pleasure in the discrepancies of human nature ; it leads you to mistrust great professions and look for the unworthy motive that they ...
This is the price one has to pay for having a sense of humour . A sense of humour leads you to take pleasure in the discrepancies of human nature ; it leads you to mistrust great professions and look for the unworthy motive that they ...
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It is an attenuated experience that serves to give information about objects of sense and in the world of sense is a guide to action . His day - dreams satisfy emotional needs and fulfil desires that in the world of affairs are ...
It is an attenuated experience that serves to give information about objects of sense and in the world of sense is a guide to action . His day - dreams satisfy emotional needs and fulfil desires that in the world of affairs are ...
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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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