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William Somerset Maugham. I wish I could find a better word . Creator is preten- tious and seems to make a claim to originality that can seldom be justified . Craftsman is not enough . A carpenter is a craftsman , and though he may be in ...
William Somerset Maugham. I wish I could find a better word . Creator is preten- tious and seems to make a claim to originality that can seldom be justified . Craftsman is not enough . A carpenter is a craftsman , and though he may be in ...
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William Somerset Maugham. vidualized . He does not seem to have been much in- terested in them as persons . Perhaps that is why he is able to give you the feeling that they are all part of one another , strange groping ectoplasms that ...
William Somerset Maugham. vidualized . He does not seem to have been much in- terested in them as persons . Perhaps that is why he is able to give you the feeling that they are all part of one another , strange groping ectoplasms that ...
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William Somerset Maugham. for however urgent the necessity he is an observer as well as an actor . It often makes him seem heart- less . Women with their shrewd sense are on their guard against him ; they are attracted by him , but ...
William Somerset Maugham. for however urgent the necessity he is an observer as well as an actor . It often makes him seem heart- less . Women with their shrewd sense are on their guard against him ; they are attracted by him , but ...
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