Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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Page 49
... remember one ghastly time in 1939 when the friend who was typing the book was forced to send back a chapter which she could not read , when I knew she was going away for her holiday on the Wednesday and must receive the last chapter by ...
... remember one ghastly time in 1939 when the friend who was typing the book was forced to send back a chapter which she could not read , when I knew she was going away for her holiday on the Wednesday and must receive the last chapter by ...
Page 69
... remember that the story told to us is not necessarily the whole truth or the vital truth . I remember one author saying to me , once , as 69 THACKERAY RECONSIDERED.
... remember that the story told to us is not necessarily the whole truth or the vital truth . I remember one author saying to me , once , as 69 THACKERAY RECONSIDERED.
Page 85
... remember what a gift George Borrow had for conversations ? He chatted comfortably in darkness in The Bible in Spain , where I remember long discussions between " Myself ” and an invisible somebody who was called " The Voice " . The ...
... remember what a gift George Borrow had for conversations ? He chatted comfortably in darkness in The Bible in Spain , where I remember long discussions between " Myself ” and an invisible somebody who was called " The Voice " . The ...
Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? Page | 9 |
DICKENS AND THACKERAY AT CHRISTMAS | 15 |
MARY RUSSELL MITFORD | 21 |
Copyright | |
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