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... thought with pains I could arrive at writing as well as my natural defects allowed . On taking thought it seemed to me that I must aim at lucidity , simplicity and euphony . I have put these three qualities in the order of the ...
... thought with pains I could arrive at writing as well as my natural defects allowed . On taking thought it seemed to me that I must aim at lucidity , simplicity and euphony . I have put these three qualities in the order of the ...
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... thought that men who passed their lives in the study of the great masters of literature would be sufficiently sensitive to the beauty of language to write if not beautifully at least with perspicuity . Yet you will find in their works ...
... thought that men who passed their lives in the study of the great masters of literature would be sufficiently sensitive to the beauty of language to write if not beautifully at least with perspicuity . Yet you will find in their works ...
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W. Somerset Maugham. every action in my life and every thought that has crossed my mind the world would consider me a monster of de- pravity . I wonder how anyone can have the face to condemn others when he reflects upon his own thoughts ...
W. Somerset Maugham. every action in my life and every thought that has crossed my mind the world would consider me a monster of de- pravity . I wonder how anyone can have the face to condemn others when he reflects upon his own thoughts ...
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