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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... appearance of an immensely long telegram in which for econo- my's sake you had left out every word that was not necessary to make the sense clear . I have not read it since I corrected the proofs and do not know how near I came to doing ...
... appearance of an immensely long telegram in which for econo- my's sake you had left out every word that was not necessary to make the sense clear . I have not read it since I corrected the proofs and do not know how near I came to doing ...
Page 55
... appearance , he had wenched and gam- bled ; but at least on one occasion he had shown rare magnanimity and he had always been honourable , loyal , generous and brave . If peace was still denied him it looks as though it was his thoughts ...
... appearance , he had wenched and gam- bled ; but at least on one occasion he had shown rare magnanimity and he had always been honourable , loyal , generous and brave . If peace was still denied him it looks as though it was his thoughts ...
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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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