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And you will agree that Professor Trevelyan's description would make anybody with an interest in past times or in human beings of all ages wish to read it . To myself , the call was irresistible . With a little difficulty I obtained a ...
And you will agree that Professor Trevelyan's description would make anybody with an interest in past times or in human beings of all ages wish to read it . To myself , the call was irresistible . With a little difficulty I obtained a ...
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Perhaps the letter - writer wishes to keep alive the interest of absent friends . Perhaps the journal - keeper has an exaggerated interest in facts and occurrences . Almost certainly the autobiographer wishes to get in first with ...
Perhaps the letter - writer wishes to keep alive the interest of absent friends . Perhaps the journal - keeper has an exaggerated interest in facts and occurrences . Almost certainly the autobiographer wishes to get in first with ...
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If he copies , or is arch , he does not interest us ; if he recognizably , while abandoning every attempt to impress , and seeking first of all to please , speaks out of ...
If he copies , or is arch , he does not interest us ; if he recognizably , while abandoning every attempt to impress , and seeking first of all to please , speaks out of ...
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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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