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... seen people all of a piece . It has amazed me that the most incongruous traits should exist in the same person and for all that yield a plausible harmony . I have often asked myself how characteristics , seemingly irreconcilable , can ...
... seen people all of a piece . It has amazed me that the most incongruous traits should exist in the same person and for all that yield a plausible harmony . I have often asked myself how characteristics , seemingly irreconcilable , can ...
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... seen men through my own idiosyncrasies . A buoyant , optimistic , healthy and sentimental person would have seen the same people quite differently . I can only claim to have seen them coherently . Many writers seem to me not to observe ...
... seen men through my own idiosyncrasies . A buoyant , optimistic , healthy and sentimental person would have seen the same people quite differently . I can only claim to have seen them coherently . Many writers seem to me not to observe ...
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W. Somerset Maugham. • not seen in it , but at the utmost he can do no more than reach the ideal that the author has seen in his mind's eye . He has to be an actor of address to do this ; for the most part the author has to be satisfied ...
W. Somerset Maugham. • not seen in it , but at the utmost he can do no more than reach the ideal that the author has seen in his mind's eye . He has to be an actor of address to do this ; for the most part the author has to be satisfied ...
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