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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... not to be wondered at that it gave a fitting oppor- tunity for the appearance of the best writer of prose that our modern world has seen , Voltaire . The writers of English , perhaps owing to the poetic nature [ 38 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... not to be wondered at that it gave a fitting oppor- tunity for the appearance of the best writer of prose that our modern world has seen , Voltaire . The writers of English , perhaps owing to the poetic nature [ 38 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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... appearance and reality diverts you and you are apt when you cannot find it to create it . You tend to close your eyes to truth , beauty and goodness because they give no scope to your sense of the ridiculous . The humorist has a quick ...
... appearance and reality diverts you and you are apt when you cannot find it to create it . You tend to close your eyes to truth , beauty and goodness because they give no scope to your sense of the ridiculous . The humorist has a quick ...
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... appearance . Ibsen's advent coincided with the movement for the liberation of women from the inferior position in which they had so long stood ; Shaw's with the revolt of youth from the conventionality of the Victorian epoch and the ...
... appearance . Ibsen's advent coincided with the movement for the liberation of women from the inferior position in which they had so long stood ; Shaw's with the revolt of youth from the conventionality of the Victorian epoch and the ...
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