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... passed that I set out again to write a novel . By then I no longer had any ambition to be a stylist ; I put aside all thought of fine writing . I wanted to write with- out any frills of language , in as bare and unaffected a manner as I ...
... passed that I set out again to write a novel . By then I no longer had any ambition to be a stylist ; I put aside all thought of fine writing . I wanted to write with- out any frills of language , in as bare and unaffected a manner as I ...
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... passed a fault unamended by indifference , nor quitted it by despair . ' I do not write as I want to ; I write as I can . But Fowler had no ear . He did not see that simplicity may sometimes make concessions to euphony . I do not think ...
... passed a fault unamended by indifference , nor quitted it by despair . ' I do not write as I want to ; I write as I can . But Fowler had no ear . He did not see that simplicity may sometimes make concessions to euphony . I do not think ...
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... months when the war broke out . I had produced ten plays in seven years . The intelligentsia , having passed judgement , ignored me , but I was securely fixed in the public favour . 34 FROM time to time I had a good deal 118 THE SUMMING UP.
... months when the war broke out . I had produced ten plays in seven years . The intelligentsia , having passed judgement , ignored me , but I was securely fixed in the public favour . 34 FROM time to time I had a good deal 118 THE SUMMING UP.
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