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est particular the character that I had in my mind's eye . It would be difficult to find on the English stage a more competent . intelligent and versatile actor . On the other hand , I have had plays produced in which I was con- scious ...
est particular the character that I had in my mind's eye . It would be difficult to find on the English stage a more competent . intelligent and versatile actor . On the other hand , I have had plays produced in which I was con- scious ...
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The moral is that you must have the cour- age to throw your facts overboard if they fail to comply with the logic of your character . I do not know how Stend- hal could have ended his novel ; but I think it would have been hard to find ...
The moral is that you must have the cour- age to throw your facts overboard if they fail to comply with the logic of your character . I do not know how Stend- hal could have ended his novel ; but I think it would have been hard to find ...
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The whole business would be plain sailing if it were not for the susceptibilities of the persons who serve as models for the author's characters . So colossal is human egotism that people who have met an author are con- stantly on the ...
The whole business would be plain sailing if it were not for the susceptibilities of the persons who serve as models for the author's characters . So colossal is human egotism that people who have met an author are con- stantly on the ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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