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Page 49
... Perhaps it was a natural sense of tidiness that engaged me , when still so young , to design a pattern for my life ; perhaps it was due to something I discovered in myself about which I shall have a little to say later . The defect of ...
... Perhaps it was a natural sense of tidiness that engaged me , when still so young , to design a pattern for my life ; perhaps it was due to something I discovered in myself about which I shall have a little to say later . The defect of ...
Page 157
... perhaps even a passinį fame . I might have been satisfied . But there was one thing more I wanted to achieve , and this it seemed to me I could not hope to reach in the drama . Perfection . I looked not at my own plays , of whose faults ...
... perhaps even a passinį fame . I might have been satisfied . But there was one thing more I wanted to achieve , and this it seemed to me I could not hope to reach in the drama . Perfection . I looked not at my own plays , of whose faults ...
Page 249
... perhaps , I should find what I wanted . I could not dis- cover much agreement among them . I found myself convinced by the critical parts of their works , but when I came to the constructive , though often I failed to see the flaws , I ...
... perhaps , I should find what I wanted . I could not dis- cover much agreement among them . I found myself convinced by the critical parts of their works , but when I came to the constructive , though often I failed to see the flaws , I ...
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