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I could admire then in others as I could admire their far - fetched tropes and the unusual but sug- . gestive language in which they clothed their thoughts , but my own invention never presented me with such em- bellishments ; and I was ...
I could admire then in others as I could admire their far - fetched tropes and the unusual but sug- . gestive language in which they clothed their thoughts , but my own invention never presented me with such em- bellishments ; and I was ...
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I should not blame him because he inspired me with a passionate admiration for certain works that time has shown to be ... But the two writers that it was really necessary to admire if you would be a person of culture and not a British ...
I should not blame him because he inspired me with a passionate admiration for certain works that time has shown to be ... But the two writers that it was really necessary to admire if you would be a person of culture and not a British ...
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I admired everything that Ruskin told me to admire ( even that horrible tower of Giotto ) and turned away in disgust from what he condemned . Never can he have had a more ardent disciple . After that I went to Venice , Verona and Milan ...
I admired everything that Ruskin told me to admire ( even that horrible tower of Giotto ) and turned away in disgust from what he condemned . Never can he have had a more ardent disciple . After that I went to Venice , Verona and Milan ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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