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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... turn my attention to the writers of the Augustan Period . The prose of Swift enchanted me . I made up my mind that ... turns of phrase or high- flown images . It is a civilized prose , natural , discreet and pointed . There is no ...
... turn my attention to the writers of the Augustan Period . The prose of Swift enchanted me . I made up my mind that ... turns of phrase or high- flown images . It is a civilized prose , natural , discreet and pointed . There is no ...
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... is only by strenuous effort . Nature seldom provides me with the word , the turn of phrase , that is appropriate without being far - fetched or commonplace . κίν I have read that Anatole France tried to use [ 43 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... is only by strenuous effort . Nature seldom provides me with the word , the turn of phrase , that is appropriate without being far - fetched or commonplace . κίν I have read that Anatole France tried to use [ 43 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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... offences of others . I suppose the reason is that we know all the circumstances that have occasioned them and so manage to excuse in ourselves what we cannot excuse in others . We turn our attention away [ 52 ] THE SUMMING UP 1.
... offences of others . I suppose the reason is that we know all the circumstances that have occasioned them and so manage to excuse in ourselves what we cannot excuse in others . We turn our attention away [ 52 ] THE SUMMING UP 1.
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