Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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Page 15
... kind of masque which the good humour of the season justified , to awaken some loving and forbearing thoughts , never out of season in a Christian land . " A whimsical kind of masque : the words well describe A Christmas Carol and its ...
... kind of masque which the good humour of the season justified , to awaken some loving and forbearing thoughts , never out of season in a Christian land . " A whimsical kind of masque : the words well describe A Christmas Carol and its ...
Page 51
... kind of " shop " . But of all " shops " the kind I like best is that of barristers . When they are together , lawyers are rich in talk about the idiosyncrasies of judges , the way in which particular effects have been obtained in court ...
... kind of " shop " . But of all " shops " the kind I like best is that of barristers . When they are together , lawyers are rich in talk about the idiosyncrasies of judges , the way in which particular effects have been obtained in court ...
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... kind of life led by modern children ; a life distracted by the cinema , the radio , and rapid transport , by super - ingenious mechanisms and parlour games , and by an atmosphere of restlessness . The charm of the modern books is that ...
... kind of life led by modern children ; a life distracted by the cinema , the radio , and rapid transport , by super - ingenious mechanisms and parlour games , and by an atmosphere of restlessness . The charm of the modern books is that ...
Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? Page | 9 |
DICKENS AND THACKERAY AT CHRISTMAS | 15 |
MARY RUSSELL MITFORD | 21 |
Copyright | |
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