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Page 66
... seen the same people quite differently . I can only claim to have seen them coherently . Many writers seem to me not to observe at all , but to create their characters in stock sizes from images in their own fancy . They are like ...
... seen the same people quite differently . I can only claim to have seen them coherently . Many writers seem to me not to observe at all , but to create their characters in stock sizes from images in their own fancy . They are like ...
Page 143
... seen in it , but at the utmost he can do no more than reach the ideal that the author has seen in his mind's eye . He has to be an actor of address to do this ; for the most part the author has to be satisfied with an approxi- mation to ...
... seen in it , but at the utmost he can do no more than reach the ideal that the author has seen in his mind's eye . He has to be an actor of address to do this ; for the most part the author has to be satisfied with an approxi- mation to ...
Page 152
... seen them pitifully writing their own plays over and over again without an inkling that the times had changed ; I had seen others desperately attempting to capture the modern spirit and dismayed when their efforts were treated with ...
... seen them pitifully writing their own plays over and over again without an inkling that the times had changed ; I had seen others desperately attempting to capture the modern spirit and dismayed when their efforts were treated with ...
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