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... course of my life . " He means not that he has confessed all but that he hasn't wasted any of his material . It is in this sense that the whole of his life has gone into his books . His books have said as much about him as he is going ...
... course of my life . " He means not that he has confessed all but that he hasn't wasted any of his material . It is in this sense that the whole of his life has gone into his books . His books have said as much about him as he is going ...
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... course , Maugham is a read- able writer , a man who knows the art of keeping his audience with him , and the best test of his readability is to read him . A simple illustration of the way he makes himself readable , though , is his ...
... course , Maugham is a read- able writer , a man who knows the art of keeping his audience with him , and the best test of his readability is to read him . A simple illustration of the way he makes himself readable , though , is his ...
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... course because they will enjoy eternal bliss ; and if their idea of this future happy state be examined , it will generally be found so grossly material that many a professed hedonist would be ashamed to acknowledge it . But by a ...
... course because they will enjoy eternal bliss ; and if their idea of this future happy state be examined , it will generally be found so grossly material that many a professed hedonist would be ashamed to acknowledge it . But by a ...
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