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I know Anda- lusia a great deal better now than I knew it then , and I have changed my mind about a good many things of which I wrote . Since it has continued in America to have a small sale it occurred to me that it might be worth ...
I know Anda- lusia a great deal better now than I knew it then , and I have changed my mind about a good many things of which I wrote . Since it has continued in America to have a small sale it occurred to me that it might be worth ...
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I have written few pages that I feel I could not improve and far too many that I have left with dissatis- faction because , try as I would , I could do no better . I cannot say of myself what Johnson said of Pope : " He never passed a ...
I have written few pages that I feel I could not improve and far too many that I have left with dissatis- faction because , try as I would , I could do no better . I cannot say of myself what Johnson said of Pope : " He never passed a ...
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Though of course he must have something of a voice the made singer owes the better part of his accom- plishment to training ; with taste and musical ability he can eke out the relative poverty of his organ and his singing can afford a ...
Though of course he must have something of a voice the made singer owes the better part of his accom- plishment to training ; with taste and musical ability he can eke out the relative poverty of his organ and his singing can afford a ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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