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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... whole truth about himself . It is not only vanity that has pre- vented those who have tried to reveal themselves to the world from telling the whole truth ; it is direc- tion of interest ; their disappointment with them- selves , their ...
... whole truth about himself . It is not only vanity that has pre- vented those who have tried to reveal themselves to the world from telling the whole truth ; it is direc- tion of interest ; their disappointment with them- selves , their ...
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... whole life to it , you will never learn to speak the language of an- other country to perfection ; you will never know its people and its literature with complete intimacy . For they , and the literature which is their expression , are ...
... whole life to it , you will never learn to speak the language of an- other country to perfection ; you will never know its people and its literature with complete intimacy . For they , and the literature which is their expression , are ...
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... whole the cobbler does best to stick to his last . Because I had heard that Dryden had learnt to write English from his study of Tillotson , I read certain passages of this author and I came across a piece that gave me some consolation ...
... whole the cobbler does best to stick to his last . Because I had heard that Dryden had learnt to write English from his study of Tillotson , I read certain passages of this author and I came across a piece that gave me some consolation ...
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