Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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... give it in simple terms which do not entirely beg the question . A classic , then , is a book which expresses the living soul of an exceptional man , and which , whatever its age , can still give its readers the joy of comprehending ...
... give it in simple terms which do not entirely beg the question . A classic , then , is a book which expresses the living soul of an exceptional man , and which , whatever its age , can still give its readers the joy of comprehending ...
Page 124
... gives the other men's books some shrewd knocks . He can see all their faults . If he is not sterile , he may write ... give up writing . Only the persistent continue , with fluctuating hopes and despairs , until they can think of no ...
... gives the other men's books some shrewd knocks . He can see all their faults . If he is not sterile , he may write ... give up writing . Only the persistent continue , with fluctuating hopes and despairs , until they can think of no ...
Page 174
... give you one instance which occurs to me : in speaking of Defoe in his survey of the eighteenth century , The Peace of the Augustans , he refers illuminatingly , and with no hesitation , to The Pied Piper of Hamelin , the Odyssey , Mr ...
... give you one instance which occurs to me : in speaking of Defoe in his survey of the eighteenth century , The Peace of the Augustans , he refers illuminatingly , and with no hesitation , to The Pied Piper of Hamelin , the Odyssey , Mr ...
Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? Page | 9 |
DICKENS AND THACKERAY AT CHRISTMAS | 15 |
MARY RUSSELL MITFORD | 21 |
Copyright | |
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