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Till his conversion he had led the ordinary life of the young man of good birth at that time ; he was somewhat vain of his appearance , he had wenched and gambled ; but at least on one occasion he had shown rare magnanimity and he had ...
Till his conversion he had led the ordinary life of the young man of good birth at that time ; he was somewhat vain of his appearance , he had wenched and gambled ; but at least on one occasion he had shown rare magnanimity and he had ...
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sation of the persons on the stage at the rising of the curtain concentrates the attention of the audience on them so that the delay in their appearance increases the expectation . No one followed this practice more scrupu- lously than ...
sation of the persons on the stage at the rising of the curtain concentrates the attention of the audience on them so that the delay in their appearance increases the expectation . No one followed this practice more scrupu- lously than ...
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Comedy is an artificial thing and so only the appearance , not the reality , of naturalism is in place . The laugh must be sought for its own sake . The playwright's aim is not now to represent life as it is ( a tragic business ) but to ...
Comedy is an artificial thing and so only the appearance , not the reality , of naturalism is in place . The laugh must be sought for its own sake . The playwright's aim is not now to represent life as it is ( a tragic business ) but to ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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