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“ I have the habit , ” she said , " of running over almost every book of any note that is published . ” And " I could sit up all night , drinking tea , like Dr Johnson ; and lie in bed all day dreaming sweet dreams , like Mr Coleridge ...
“ I have the habit , ” she said , " of running over almost every book of any note that is published . ” And " I could sit up all night , drinking tea , like Dr Johnson ; and lie in bed all day dreaming sweet dreams , like Mr Coleridge ...
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a secret life of luxury while Butler scrimped in penury ; and although Butler wrote and published a number of extraordinary books he had to pay for the production of them all and conceived himself to have been snubbed and almost ...
a secret life of luxury while Butler scrimped in penury ; and although Butler wrote and published a number of extraordinary books he had to pay for the production of them all and conceived himself to have been snubbed and almost ...
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In 1888 he published at least two books , each of them in two volumes , The Phantom Future and Young Mistley ; in 1890 a three - decker called Suspense ( so entirely forgotten that Conrad used the title much later ) ; and by 1892 he had ...
In 1888 he published at least two books , each of them in two volumes , The Phantom Future and Young Mistley ; in 1890 a three - decker called Suspense ( so entirely forgotten that Conrad used the title much later ) ; and by 1892 he had ...
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WHY READ THE CLASSICS? Page | 9 |
DICKENS AND THACKERAY AT CHRISTMAS | 15 |
MARY RUSSELL MITFORD | 21 |
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