Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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... father , and had not lost his faith in Christianity as preached in his father's Church , he would - being a genius - have been a different man . His father , therefore , was the villain of Butler's life . He made him this in the much ...
... father , and had not lost his faith in Christianity as preached in his father's Church , he would - being a genius - have been a different man . His father , therefore , was the villain of Butler's life . He made him this in the much ...
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... father's reverend father ; but he feared his father to the end , and remained , because of that fear , a small boy . As late as 1883 he wrote : When I was last at Shrewsbury I noted that the prayers began " O God , who art always more ...
... father's reverend father ; but he feared his father to the end , and remained , because of that fear , a small boy . As late as 1883 he wrote : When I was last at Shrewsbury I noted that the prayers began " O God , who art always more ...
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... father of our well - loved contemporaries Frank , Christopher , and Felix . But I do not think Sydney Smith remained ... father's vagaries , and no doubt 93 THE SMITH OF SMITHS.
... father of our well - loved contemporaries Frank , Christopher , and Felix . But I do not think Sydney Smith remained ... father's vagaries , and no doubt 93 THE SMITH OF SMITHS.
Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? Page | 9 |
DICKENS AND THACKERAY AT CHRISTMAS | 15 |
MARY RUSSELL MITFORD | 21 |
Copyright | |
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