The Summing UpAutobiographical and confessional, and yet not, this is one of the most highly regarded expressions of a personal credo - both a classic avowal of an author's ideas and his craft. |
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... invention and praised what was good . It must be a fault in me that I am not gravely shocked at the sins of others unless they personally affect me , and even when they do I have learnt at last generally to excuse them . It is meet not ...
... invention and praised what was good . It must be a fault in me that I am not gravely shocked at the sins of others unless they personally affect me , and even when they do I have learnt at last generally to excuse them . It is meet not ...
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... invention . Ibsen as we know had a meagre ļ power of invention ; his characters under different names are [ 132 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... invention . Ibsen as we know had a meagre ļ power of invention ; his characters under different names are [ 132 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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William Somerset Maugham. " invention , who was plausible and natural , is in this way turned into a grotesque . I have often sought to cast an actor contrary to his type , but I do not know that the notion has proved successful ; it ...
William Somerset Maugham. " invention , who was plausible and natural , is in this way turned into a grotesque . I have often sought to cast an actor contrary to his type , but I do not know that the notion has proved successful ; it ...
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