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... written at least more naturally than anything I had written before ; but I am sure that it is often slipshod and I daresay there are in it a good many mistakes in grammar . Since then I have written many other books ; and though ceasing ...
... written at least more naturally than anything I had written before ; but I am sure that it is often slipshod and I daresay there are in it a good many mistakes in grammar . Since then I have written many other books ; and though ceasing ...
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... written by the same hand ; it is impersonal . It is well to counteract its effect by reading of another kind . One can do this only by keeping constantly in touch with the writing of an age not too remote from one's own . So can one ...
... written by the same hand ; it is impersonal . It is well to counteract its effect by reading of another kind . One can do this only by keeping constantly in touch with the writing of an age not too remote from one's own . So can one ...
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... written short stories for many years . I began my lit- erary career by writing them and my third book was a collec- tion of six . They were not good . After that I tried now and then to write stories for the magazines ; my agents ...
... written short stories for many years . I began my lit- erary career by writing them and my third book was a collec- tion of six . They were not good . After that I tried now and then to write stories for the magazines ; my agents ...
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