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Página 189 - The general — the Philistine — view of the Profession, is, first of all, that it is not one which a scholar and a man of serious views should take up : the telling of stories is inconsistent with a well-balanced mind ; to be a teller of stories disqualifies one from a hearing on important subjects. At this very day there are thousands of living people who will never understand how the author of 'Coningsby...
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Página 152 - Write nothing in a play that you would not write in a novel ; and remember that everything that the actor or the scene-painter shows to the audience must be described— not technically specified, but imaginatively, vividly, humorously, in a word, artistically described — to the reader by the author. In describing the scene, take just as much trouble to transport your reader there in imagination as you would in a narrative.