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... tion . You go on and on and presently you are a trifle bored . So , much as you may admire Swift's wonderful lucidity , his terseness , his naturalness , his lack of affecta- tion , you find your attention wandering after a while un ...
... tion . You go on and on and presently you are a trifle bored . So , much as you may admire Swift's wonderful lucidity , his terseness , his naturalness , his lack of affecta- tion , you find your attention wandering after a while un ...
Page 104
... tion of being judged by something that is merely a mis- representation of his intent . There is no such thing as an actor - proof part . There are effective parts , and parts , often very important ones , that are the reverse , but ...
... tion of being judged by something that is merely a mis- representation of his intent . There is no such thing as an actor - proof part . There are effective parts , and parts , often very important ones , that are the reverse , but ...
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... tion . Thus I managed to read most of Maupassant before I was twenty . Though he does not enjoy now the reputa- tion he did then it must be admitted that he had great merits . He was lucid and direct , he had a sense of form , and he ...
... tion . Thus I managed to read most of Maupassant before I was twenty . Though he does not enjoy now the reputa- tion he did then it must be admitted that he had great merits . He was lucid and direct , he had a sense of form , and he ...
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