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Page 92
W. Somerset Maugham. favoured have now fallen into desuetude . We are less revengeful than we were and now a play devoted to re- venge would be scarcely plausible . Perhaps because our passions are less strong , perhaps even because the ...
W. Somerset Maugham. favoured have now fallen into desuetude . We are less revengeful than we were and now a play devoted to re- venge would be scarcely plausible . Perhaps because our passions are less strong , perhaps even because the ...
Page 95
... less original than those of the serious young men who write in these journals . There is no reason why they should be less interesting ; and if by the time the play has run its course they are out of date , what of it ? The play is dead ...
... less original than those of the serious young men who write in these journals . There is no reason why they should be less interesting ; and if by the time the play has run its course they are out of date , what of it ? The play is dead ...
Page 126
... less difficult than that of the other arts and yet , because he can read and write a letter , there is a notion that anyone can write well enough to write a book . Writing seems now the favourite relaxation of the human race . Whole ...
... less difficult than that of the other arts and yet , because he can read and write a letter , there is a notion that anyone can write well enough to write a book . Writing seems now the favourite relaxation of the human race . Whole ...
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