The Summing UpAutobiographical and confessional, and yet not, this is one of the most highly regarded expressions of a personal credo - both a classic avowal of an author's ideas and his craft. |
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Page 58
... amused when I discover their defects or their vices ; I am touched when I see the goodness of the wicked and I am willing enough to shrug a tolerant shoulder at their wickedness . I am not my brother's keeper . I cannot bring myself to ...
... amused when I discover their defects or their vices ; I am touched when I see the goodness of the wicked and I am willing enough to shrug a tolerant shoulder at their wickedness . I am not my brother's keeper . I cannot bring myself to ...
Page 84
... amused himself with thinking what he would write when he really got down to it and for another twenty with what he could have written if the fates had been kinder . He wrote a good deal of verse . He had neither imagination , nor ...
... amused himself with thinking what he would write when he really got down to it and for another twenty with what he could have written if the fates had been kinder . He wrote a good deal of verse . He had neither imagination , nor ...
Page 120
William Somerset Maugham. but it has some amusing scenes in it . The others fell between two stools . One portrayed the ... amuse , and I heightened the note . They were neither frankly realistic nor frankly theatrical . My indecision was ...
William Somerset Maugham. but it has some amusing scenes in it . The others fell between two stools . One portrayed the ... amuse , and I heightened the note . They were neither frankly realistic nor frankly theatrical . My indecision was ...
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