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... discover the sense . Often you can only guess at it , for the writers have evidently not said what they intended . Another cause of obscurity is that the writer is him- self not quite sure of his meaning . He has a vague im- pression of ...
... discover the sense . Often you can only guess at it , for the writers have evidently not said what they intended . Another cause of obscurity is that the writer is him- self not quite sure of his meaning . He has a vague im- pression of ...
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... discover what this knack consists of . It can- not be learnt . It can exist without education or culture . It is a faculty that enables the playwright so to put words that they carry across the footlights and to tell a story , as it ...
... discover what this knack consists of . It can- not be learnt . It can exist without education or culture . It is a faculty that enables the playwright so to put words that they carry across the footlights and to tell a story , as it ...
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... discover what everyone knew already . I have little sense of reverence . There is a great deal too much of it in the world..It is claimed for many objects that do not deserve it . It is often no more than the con- ventional homage we ...
... discover what everyone knew already . I have little sense of reverence . There is a great deal too much of it in the world..It is claimed for many objects that do not deserve it . It is often no more than the con- ventional homage we ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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