The Summing Up |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 29
Page 1
... able to remember even my own jokes , so that I have been forced to go on making new ones . This disa- bility , I am aware , has made my company less agree- able than it might otherwise have been . I have never kept a diary . I wish now ...
... able to remember even my own jokes , so that I have been forced to go on making new ones . This disa- bility , I am aware , has made my company less agree- able than it might otherwise have been . I have never kept a diary . I wish now ...
Page 87
... able to attach a correct description to a picture than in being able to find out what is wrong with a stalled motorcar . In each case it is special knowledge . The stockbroker has his knowledge too and so has the artizan . It is a silly ...
... able to attach a correct description to a picture than in being able to find out what is wrong with a stalled motorcar . In each case it is special knowledge . The stockbroker has his knowledge too and so has the artizan . It is a silly ...
Page 150
... able to tell an actor that an intonation or a gesture is wrong , you must be able to show him by word and deed what is right . This is more than ever necessary now that the players of minor parts have an inade- quate technique . Gerald ...
... able to tell an actor that an intonation or a gesture is wrong , you must be able to show him by word and deed what is right . This is more than ever necessary now that the players of minor parts have an inade- quate technique . Gerald ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accept action actors admire æsthetic amusing artist asked audience beauty believe better character comedy common conscious course crasy critic deal delight dialogue discover Dr Johnson drama dramatist effect emotion English evil exciting existence experience feeling fiction forced French gave Gerald du Maurier gift give Goethe Henry Arthur Jones Human Bondage human nature humour ideas idiosyncrasy imagination INDIANA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES INDIANENSIS SIGILLUM instinct interest invention Jack Straw knew Kuno Fischer Lady Frederick literature live Liza of Lambeth look LUX SIGILLUM Matthew Arnold meaning mind ness never notion novel novelist one's perfect perhaps philosophers picture play pleasure prose reader reason seemed sense sort soul spirit St Thomas's Hospital Stendhal story success suppose tell theatre things thought tion told truth UNIVERSITATIS LUX verse Walter Pater wanted words write written wrote young youth