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The two women had the same gift of observation , the same or a similar range of experience . But Miss Austen had better luck than Miss Mitford . She was able to write for fun , as well as from superior genius .
The two women had the same gift of observation , the same or a similar range of experience . But Miss Austen had better luck than Miss Mitford . She was able to write for fun , as well as from superior genius .
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Stephens had the Irish gift ; the stories he told were true , as well as circumstantial , but one listened to them as if they came straight from that pine wood called Coilla Doraca , where there lived the two philosophers who married ...
Stephens had the Irish gift ; the stories he told were true , as well as circumstantial , but one listened to them as if they came straight from that pine wood called Coilla Doraca , where there lived the two philosophers who married ...
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Letters to Gog and Magog Frank Swinnerton. THE GIFT OF TONGUES ... Maurice Baring once told me that he could not enter any country without immediately learning its language by . ear . Jo Davidson , the sculptor , had a similar gift .
Letters to Gog and Magog Frank Swinnerton. THE GIFT OF TONGUES ... Maurice Baring once told me that he could not enter any country without immediately learning its language by . ear . Jo Davidson , the sculptor , had a similar gift .
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Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? Page | 9 |
DICKENS AND THACKERAY AT CHRISTMAS | 15 |
MARY RUSSELL MITFORD | 21 |
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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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