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written . Here are no flowery periods , fantastic turns of phrase or high - flown images . It is a civilized prose , nat- ural , discreet and pointed . There is no attempt to surprise by an extravagant vocabulary .
written . Here are no flowery periods , fantastic turns of phrase or high - flown images . It is a civilized prose , nat- ural , discreet and pointed . There is no attempt to surprise by an extravagant vocabulary .
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written such a simple sentence as , will you have sugar in your tea ? in three different ways . ... The man of letters is accustomed to writing ; he has learnt how to express himself without intolerable labour and so can cut with ...
written such a simple sentence as , will you have sugar in your tea ? in three different ways . ... The man of letters is accustomed to writing ; he has learnt how to express himself without intolerable labour and so can cut with ...
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I began my literary career by writing them and my third book was a collection of six . ... no better luck with it than with those I had written in my youth , for editor after editor refused it ; but I no longer minded and I went on .
I began my literary career by writing them and my third book was a collection of six . ... no better luck with it than with those I had written in my youth , for editor after editor refused it ; but I no longer minded and I went on .
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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