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... invention and praised what was good . It must be a fault in me that I am not gravely shocked at the sins of others unless they personally affect me , and even when they do I have learnt at last generally to excuse them . It is meet not ...
... invention and praised what was good . It must be a fault in me that I am not gravely shocked at the sins of others unless they personally affect me , and even when they do I have learnt at last generally to excuse them . It is meet not ...
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... invention . Ibsen as we know had a meagre power of invention ; his characters under different names are very dully repeated and his intrigue from play to play is little varied . It is not a gross exaggeration to say that his only gambit ...
... invention . Ibsen as we know had a meagre power of invention ; his characters under different names are very dully repeated and his intrigue from play to play is little varied . It is not a gross exaggeration to say that his only gambit ...
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W. Somerset Maugham. put them into the mouths of various characters of my invention , but I am aware that thus I dramatized them and I cannot tell whether they would be those I should actually feel . I do not think I have a very strong ...
W. Somerset Maugham. put them into the mouths of various characters of my invention , but I am aware that thus I dramatized them and I cannot tell whether they would be those I should actually feel . I do not think I have a very strong ...
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