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Page 100
... gave that artificiality which verse had once given to drama so that a different standard of verisimilitude was set and improbability was acceptable if only it gave rise to situation . It gave the opportunity for all manner of novel ...
... gave that artificiality which verse had once given to drama so that a different standard of verisimilitude was set and improbability was acceptable if only it gave rise to situation . It gave the opportunity for all manner of novel ...
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... gave a sort of freshness to well - worn material and were a fruitful matter of discussion . It seems strange that so much attention has been paid to these things . The method that Henry James devised and brought to a high degree of ...
... gave a sort of freshness to well - worn material and were a fruitful matter of discussion . It seems strange that so much attention has been paid to these things . The method that Henry James devised and brought to a high degree of ...
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... gave significance to life and that the only purpose that could be assigned to the teeming generations that succeed one another on the face of the earth was to produce now and then an artist . The work of art . I decided , was the ...
... gave significance to life and that the only purpose that could be assigned to the teeming generations that succeed one another on the face of the earth was to produce now and then an artist . The work of art . I decided , was the ...
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