Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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... truth . Truth unacceptable to those who think it full of minds , man - hours , P.A.Y.E. , and identity cards ; but truth more elemental , as to human beings , than any of these things . And when he remarked , quite in passing , that ...
... truth . Truth unacceptable to those who think it full of minds , man - hours , P.A.Y.E. , and identity cards ; but truth more elemental , as to human beings , than any of these things . And when he remarked , quite in passing , that ...
Page 97
... truth - even inconvenient truth . The fact is , and the plain truth must be told , he said , that an intolerant spirit , though it often proceeds from a mistaken zeal for religion , often proceeds also from mere personal insolence ...
... truth - even inconvenient truth . The fact is , and the plain truth must be told , he said , that an intolerant spirit , though it often proceeds from a mistaken zeal for religion , often proceeds also from mere personal insolence ...
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... truth ; but never the whole truth . H. don't know what I was about the year after he left the Levant ; nor does any one - nor -nor - nor - however , it is a lie - but , ' I doubt the equivocation of the fiend that lies like truth ...
... truth ; but never the whole truth . H. don't know what I was about the year after he left the Levant ; nor does any one - nor -nor - nor - however , it is a lie - but , ' I doubt the equivocation of the fiend that lies like truth ...
Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? Page | 9 |
DICKENS AND THACKERAY AT CHRISTMAS | 15 |
MARY RUSSELL MITFORD | 21 |
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