Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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... American Naval History , and five highly critical books of travel . He spent seven years in Europe . He was the ... American literary history ; and was universally known as " the American Scott " . Unfortunately for his own happiness ...
... American Naval History , and five highly critical books of travel . He spent seven years in Europe . He was the ... American literary history ; and was universally known as " the American Scott " . Unfortunately for his own happiness ...
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... American people and the evils of the American people should never affect the progress of America towards perfection . He was , in short , an aristocrat who idealized democracy , and a democrat who insisted upon his rights as a landed ...
... American people and the evils of the American people should never affect the progress of America towards perfection . He was , in short , an aristocrat who idealized democracy , and a democrat who insisted upon his rights as a landed ...
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... American Scott ; and became the American Scourge . With immense talents , some humour , great intelligence , and such animal spirits that the timid William Cullen Bryant thought him , at their first meeting , " a little giddy with ...
... American Scott ; and became the American Scourge . With immense talents , some humour , great intelligence , and such animal spirits that the timid William Cullen Bryant thought him , at their first meeting , " a little giddy with ...
Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? | 9 |
FINISHING A BOOK | 45 |
THE CONVERSATION OF AUTHORS | 51 |
Copyright | |
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