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They began to make their own classics , who were all contemporaries . This fact scandalized the elderly . George Saintsbury , who was learned in all books , but particularly old and middle - aged books , spoke for every literate senior ...
They began to make their own classics , who were all contemporaries . This fact scandalized the elderly . George Saintsbury , who was learned in all books , but particularly old and middle - aged books , spoke for every literate senior ...
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“ The kettle began it , ” he says . “ Don't tell me what Mrs Peerybingle said . I know better . Mrs Peerybingle may leave it on record to the end of time that she couldn't say which of them began it ; but , I say the kettle did .
“ The kettle began it , ” he says . “ Don't tell me what Mrs Peerybingle said . I know better . Mrs Peerybingle may leave it on record to the end of time that she couldn't say which of them began it ; but , I say the kettle did .
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It was not until 1894 , however , that Heinemann began to publish Constance Garnett's complete Turgenev . This was an event . It was an event affecting the English novel ; for although Turgenev began writing a century ago , about a ...
It was not until 1894 , however , that Heinemann began to publish Constance Garnett's complete Turgenev . This was an event . It was an event affecting the English novel ; for although Turgenev began writing a century ago , about a ...
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Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? Page | 9 |
DICKENS AND THACKERAY AT CHRISTMAS | 15 |
MARY RUSSELL MITFORD | 21 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and Magog |
| Author | Frank Swinnerton |
| Publisher | Hutchinson, 1952 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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