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Page 11
I a little photograph ⚫ of her , a middle - aged woman in a crinoline with fine eyes and a look of good - humoured determination . My mother was very small , with large brown eyes and hair of a rich reddish gold , exquisite features ...
I a little photograph ⚫ of her , a middle - aged woman in a crinoline with fine eyes and a look of good - humoured determination . My mother was very small , with large brown eyes and hair of a rich reddish gold , exquisite features ...
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You tend to close your eyes . to truth , beauty and goodness because they give no scope to your sense of the ridiculous . The humorist has a quick eye for the humbug ; he does not always recognize the saint .
You tend to close your eyes . to truth , beauty and goodness because they give no scope to your sense of the ridiculous . The humorist has a quick eye for the humbug ; he does not always recognize the saint .
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He was completely devoid of will - power . He was sentimental and vain . Though short he was handsome , with finely cut features and curly hair ; he had pale blue eyes and a wistful expression . He looked as one imagines a poet should ...
He was completely devoid of will - power . He was sentimental and vain . Though short he was handsome , with finely cut features and curly hair ; he had pale blue eyes and a wistful expression . He looked as one imagines a poet should ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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