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... æsthetic school of the nineties I made everyone incredibly beautiful , and it was written in a tight and affected man- ner . But its chief defect was that it lacked the continuous line that directs the reader's interest ; the stories ...
... æsthetic school of the nineties I made everyone incredibly beautiful , and it was written in a tight and affected man- ner . But its chief defect was that it lacked the continuous line that directs the reader's interest ; the stories ...
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... æsthetic value of the communication that is offered to him . If it yields escape from the reality of the world he will welcome it , but is very likely at best to describe it only as minor art ; if it enriches his soul and enlarges his ...
... æsthetic value of the communication that is offered to him . If it yields escape from the reality of the world he will welcome it , but is very likely at best to describe it only as minor art ; if it enriches his soul and enlarges his ...
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... æsthetics what it is in human nature that makes it possible for us to get the emotion of beauty and what exactly this emo- tion is . It is usual enough to talk of the æsthetic instinct : the term seems to give it a place among the ...
... æsthetics what it is in human nature that makes it possible for us to get the emotion of beauty and what exactly this emo- tion is . It is usual enough to talk of the æsthetic instinct : the term seems to give it a place among the ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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