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Page 84
... amusing dialogue , an eye for a comic situation and a flippant gaiety ; there was more in me than that , but this I put away for the time , and wrote my comedies with those sides of myself only that were useful to my purpose . They were ...
... amusing dialogue , an eye for a comic situation and a flippant gaiety ; there was more in me than that , but this I put away for the time , and wrote my comedies with those sides of myself only that were useful to my purpose . They were ...
Page 97
... amusing dialogue , and an eye for theatrically effective character . The influence of Shaw led him to attach importance to ideas that were somewhat commonplace and to suppose that the natural discursive- ness of his mind was a virtue ...
... amusing dialogue , and an eye for theatrically effective character . The influence of Shaw led him to attach importance to ideas that were somewhat commonplace and to suppose that the natural discursive- ness of his mind was a virtue ...
Page 158
... amusing at their expense . The fact is simply that the English are more in- terested in works of information than in works of art . This makes it difficult for the novelist to get from criti- cisms of his work anything that will be ...
... amusing at their expense . The fact is simply that the English are more in- terested in works of information than in works of art . This makes it difficult for the novelist to get from criti- cisms of his work anything that will be ...
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