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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Page 82
... delight in comparison with which the pleasures of sense are pale and it affords him the assurance of his freedom . One cannot wonder if sometimes he is unwilling to exchange its enjoyment for the drudgery and loss [ 82 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... delight in comparison with which the pleasures of sense are pale and it affords him the assurance of his freedom . One cannot wonder if sometimes he is unwilling to exchange its enjoyment for the drudgery and loss [ 82 ] THE SUMMING UP.
Page 187
... delight a clique and never reach the great public will never delight posterity , for posterity will never hear about them . It is a consolation to the popular [ 187 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... delight a clique and never reach the great public will never delight posterity , for posterity will never hear about them . It is a consolation to the popular [ 187 ] THE SUMMING UP.
Page 220
... delight in listening to stories is as natural to human nature as the delight in looking at the danc- ing and miming out of which drama arose . That it exists unimpaired is shown by the vogue of the detec- tive novel . The most ...
... delight in listening to stories is as natural to human nature as the delight in looking at the danc- ing and miming out of which drama arose . That it exists unimpaired is shown by the vogue of the detec- tive novel . The most ...
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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