The Summing UpThis book represents Maugham's life and philosophy in his own words. It is autobiographical in nature, though most of the work is concerned with Maugham's unique and fascinating opinions on the theatre, writing, metaphysics and the interesting people he encountered in his long and successful career. |
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Usage is the only test . I would prefer a phrase that was easy and unaffected to a phrase that was grammatical . One of the differences between French and English is that in French you can be grammatical with complete [ 40 ] THE SUMMING UP.
Usage is the only test . I would prefer a phrase that was easy and unaffected to a phrase that was grammatical . One of the differences between French and English is that in French you can be grammatical with complete [ 40 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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As an old man , after a life of complete indolence , bald and emaciated , he had an ascetic air so that you might have taken him for a don who had spent long years in ardent and disinterested research .
As an old man , after a life of complete indolence , bald and emaciated , he had an ascetic air so that you might have taken him for a don who had spent long years in ardent and disinterested research .
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... literature with complete intimacy . For they , and the literature which is their expression , are wrought , not only of the actions they perform and the words they use , neither of which offer great difficulty , but of ancestral ...
... literature with complete intimacy . For they , and the literature which is their expression , are wrought , not only of the actions they perform and the words they use , neither of which offer great difficulty , but of ancestral ...
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| Title | The Summing Up A Mentor book Works, William Somerset Maugham |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Doran & Company, Incorporated, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Nov 2005 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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