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W. Somerset Maugham. written . Here are no flowery periods , fantastic turns of phrase or high - flown images . It is a ... written like that since . Dryden flourished at a happy moment . He had in his bones the sonorous periods and the ...
W. Somerset Maugham. written . Here are no flowery periods , fantastic turns of phrase or high - flown images . It is a ... written like that since . Dryden flourished at a happy moment . He had in his bones the sonorous periods and the ...
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... written in such and such a way because they satis fied audiences . Audiences in the past seem to have been willing to sit out scenes that were elaborately developed and to listen to speeches in which the characters fully explained ...
... written in such and such a way because they satis fied audiences . Audiences in the past seem to have been willing to sit out scenes that were elaborately developed and to listen to speeches in which the characters fully explained ...
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... written short stories for many years . I began my literary career by writing them and my third book was a collection of six . They were not good . After that I tried now and then to write stories for the maga- zines ; my agents pressed ...
... written short stories for many years . I began my literary career by writing them and my third book was a collection of six . They were not good . After that I tried now and then to write stories for the maga- zines ; my agents pressed ...
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