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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... words . He liked the stronger word rather than the euphonious . To give an example , I had written that a statue would be placed in a certain square and he suggested that I should write : the statue will stand . I had not done that ...
... words . He liked the stronger word rather than the euphonious . To give an example , I had written that a statue would be placed in a certain square and he suggested that I should write : the statue will stand . I had not done that ...
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... words or the order in which they were set . I found that the only 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 ...
... words or the order in which they were set . I found that the only 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 ...
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... words on paper at all , and when they are there , out of his own brain , if not straight from heaven , he looks upon them as sacred . He cannot bear to sacrifice one of them . I well remember Henry Arthur Jones showing me one of his ...
... words on paper at all , and when they are there , out of his own brain , if not straight from heaven , he looks upon them as sacred . He cannot bear to sacrifice one of them . I well remember Henry Arthur Jones showing me one of his ...
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