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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... better shown in other works . It is a tiresome allegory and the irony is facile . But the style is admirable . I cannot imagine that English can be better written . Here are no flowery periods , fantastic turns of phrase or high- flown ...
... better shown in other works . It is a tiresome allegory and the irony is facile . But the style is admirable . I cannot imagine that English can be better written . Here are no flowery periods , fantastic turns of phrase or high- flown ...
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... better than the blunt , obvious one or when it gives a sen- tence a better balance . But , I hasten to add , though I think you may without misgiving make this con- cession to pleasant sound , I think you should make none to what may ...
... better than the blunt , obvious one or when it gives a sen- tence a better balance . But , I hasten to add , though I think you may without misgiving make this con- cession to pleasant sound , I think you should make none to what may ...
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... better luck with it than with those I had written in my youth , for editor after editor refused it ; but I no longer minded and I went on . When I had written six , all of which eventually found their way into magazines , I published ...
... better luck with it than with those I had written in my youth , for editor after editor refused it ; but I no longer minded and I went on . When I had written six , all of which eventually found their way into magazines , I published ...
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accept action actors admire ęsthetic amusing artist asked audience beauty believe better character comedy common conscious course crasy critic deal delight dialogue discover Dr Johnson drama dramatist effect emotion English evil exciting existence experience eyes fact feeling fiction forced French gave Gerald du Maurier gift give Goethe hard Henry Arthur Jones Human Bondage human nature humour ideas idiosyncrasy imagination important instinct interest invention Jack Straw knew Kuno Fischer Lady Frederick literature live Liza of Lambeth look matter Matthew Arnold meaning mind ness never notion novel novelist one's pattern perfect perhaps philosophers phrase picture play pleasure produced prose reader reason seemed sense sometimes sort soul spirit St Thomas's Hospital Stendhal story success suppose tell theatre things thought tion told truth verse Walter Pater wanted words write written wrote young youth