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Page 49
... accept . But it was long before Stendhal's example bore fruit . Balzac , with all his genius , drew his characters after the old models . He gave them his own immense vitality so that you accept them as real ; but in fact they are ...
... accept . But it was long before Stendhal's example bore fruit . Balzac , with all his genius , drew his characters after the old models . He gave them his own immense vitality so that you accept them as real ; but in fact they are ...
Page 91
... accept sentimen- tality of its own brand : thus in England it will accept the emotions attached to the concept of home , but the concept of a son's love for his mother only excites its ridicule . It is careless of probability if the ...
... accept sentimen- tality of its own brand : thus in England it will accept the emotions attached to the concept of home , but the concept of a son's love for his mother only excites its ridicule . It is careless of probability if the ...
Page 199
... accept the coincidences and accidents which in real life they swallow without a second thought . They are ... accept the mode of action that was characteristic of each one ; i had to accept the moves of the persons I played with ; but it ...
... accept the coincidences and accidents which in real life they swallow without a second thought . They are ... accept the mode of action that was characteristic of each one ; i had to accept the moves of the persons I played with ; but it ...
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accept action actors admire ęsthetic amusing artist asked audience beauty believe Bertrand Russell better character comedy common consciousness course critic deal delight dialogue discover Dr Johnson drama dramatist effect emotion English evil excited existence experience eyes fact feel fiction forced French gave Gerald du Maurier gift give Goethe Henry Arthur Jones Human Bondage human nature humour ideas idiosyncrasy imagination important instinct interest invention knew Kuno Fischer Lady Frederick literature live Liza of Lambeth look matter Matthew Arnold meaning mind never notion novel novelist one's perfect perhaps persons philosophers phrase picture play pleasure produced prose reader reason seemed sense sometimes sort soul speak spirit St Thomas's Hospital Stendhal story success suppose tell theatre things thought tion told truth Walter Pater wanted words write written wrote young youth