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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... called the Little Tour , France , Germany and Switzerland ; and I remember that when he de- scribed the not very impressive fall of the Rhine at Schaffhausen he offered thanks to God Almighty because in creating ' this stupendous ...
... called the Little Tour , France , Germany and Switzerland ; and I remember that when he de- scribed the not very impressive fall of the Rhine at Schaffhausen he offered thanks to God Almighty because in creating ' this stupendous ...
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... called Boule de Suif . But this is an ex- ceptional case . Maupassant had a post in a govern- ment office that provided him both with a living and with sufficient leisure to write . There are few people who would have the patience to ...
... called Boule de Suif . But this is an ex- ceptional case . Maupassant had a post in a govern- ment office that provided him both with a living and with sufficient leisure to write . There are few people who would have the patience to ...
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... called my book Beauty from Ashes , which is a quotation from Isaiah , but finding that this title had been recently used , I chose instead the title of one of the books in Spinoza's Ethics and called it Of Human Bondage . It is not an ...
... called my book Beauty from Ashes , which is a quotation from Isaiah , but finding that this title had been recently used , I chose instead the title of one of the books in Spinoza's Ethics and called it Of Human Bondage . It is not an ...
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