Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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Page 16
... wrote in a fury of enthusiasm ; Thackeray always , I think , reluctantly and in sadness . Both were sentimentalists ; but while Dickens wrote , laughing , with tears running down his cheeks ( " Thank God ! I have finished The Chimes ...
... wrote in a fury of enthusiasm ; Thackeray always , I think , reluctantly and in sadness . Both were sentimentalists ; but while Dickens wrote , laughing , with tears running down his cheeks ( " Thank God ! I have finished The Chimes ...
Page 34
... wrote pungent letters to her sister ( not quite the best of her compositions , but very good for all that , and much better than is sometimes allowed ) , made fun of such writers when she caused Mary Crawford , in Mansfield Park , to ...
... wrote pungent letters to her sister ( not quite the best of her compositions , but very good for all that , and much better than is sometimes allowed ) , made fun of such writers when she caused Mary Crawford , in Mansfield Park , to ...
Page 36
... wrote with polish ; but she grew care- less , and she ended in a garrulous flurry of words . The great ones gave more of themselves , and had more to give . I dare not discuss the Paston ladies , or Dorothy Osborne's love - letters ...
... wrote with polish ; but she grew care- less , and she ended in a garrulous flurry of words . The great ones gave more of themselves , and had more to give . I dare not discuss the Paston ladies , or Dorothy Osborne's love - letters ...
Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? Page | 9 |
DICKENS AND THACKERAY AT CHRISTMAS | 15 |
MARY RUSSELL MITFORD | 21 |
Copyright | |
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