The North American Review, Volume 170O. Everett, 1968 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 143
... once known as " John III . Sobieski , King of Poland , " a designation which the date of the warrior - king's birth - 1624 - at once proves to be absurd ; for this truculent personage is at least thirty - five . Instead of casting about ...
... once known as " John III . Sobieski , King of Poland , " a designation which the date of the warrior - king's birth - 1624 - at once proves to be absurd ; for this truculent personage is at least thirty - five . Instead of casting about ...
Page 257
... once clever and crude , at once ambitious and raw . Miss Cholmondeley carries far heavier metal . She also has an eye for the absurd ; but her absurdities are realized . Moreover , her absurdities have something dignified and decent ...
... once clever and crude , at once ambitious and raw . Miss Cholmondeley carries far heavier metal . She also has an eye for the absurd ; but her absurdities are realized . Moreover , her absurdities have something dignified and decent ...
Page 397
... once say that the novelist who had once obtained by any process a complete popular success never could lose it during his life time ; that , let him write as care- lessly and as badly as he might , his life time could not last long ...
... once say that the novelist who had once obtained by any process a complete popular success never could lose it during his life time ; that , let him write as care- lessly and as badly as he might , his life time could not last long ...
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