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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... feeling of mirth or sorrow . Though I have been in love a good many times I have never experienced the bliss of ... feelings I have often acted a passion that I did not feel . I have tried , with gentleness when possible , and if ...
... feeling of mirth or sorrow . Though I have been in love a good many times I have never experienced the bliss of ... feelings I have often acted a passion that I did not feel . I have tried , with gentleness when possible , and if ...
Page 139
... feeling that it was worth while , and the man who has done it feels even a certain pride in the fact ; in England he will be thought and will think himself a damned fool . That is why Antony and Cleopatra has always been the least ...
... feeling that it was worth while , and the man who has done it feels even a certain pride in the fact ; in England he will be thought and will think himself a damned fool . That is why Antony and Cleopatra has always been the least ...
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... feeling , a sort of experience like that muscular sense that the physiol- ogists not so long ago discovered , which ... feelings is [ 244 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... feeling , a sort of experience like that muscular sense that the physiol- ogists not so long ago discovered , which ... feelings is [ 244 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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