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 126
... once quicker - witted and more im- patient than ever before in the history of the theatre . Plays have been written in such and such a way be- cause they satisfied audiences . Audiences in the past seem to have been willing to sit out ...
... once quicker - witted and more im- patient than ever before in the history of the theatre . Plays have been written in such and such a way be- cause they satisfied audiences . Audiences in the past seem to have been willing to sit out ...
Page 252
... once more to reduce their number and in a single volume give him an epitome of human knowledge so that he might learn at last what it was so important for him to know . They went away and set to work and in five years returned . They ...
... once more to reduce their number and in a single volume give him an epitome of human knowledge so that he might learn at last what it was so important for him to know . They went away and set to work and in five years returned . They ...
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... once performed , was inevitable from all eternity can only be decided when you have made up your mind whether or no there are events , the events that Dr Broad calls casual progenitors , which are not completely determined . Hume long ...
... once performed , was inevitable from all eternity can only be decided when you have made up your mind whether or no there are events , the events that Dr Broad calls casual progenitors , which are not completely determined . Hume long ...
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