Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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Page 39
... England Under Queen Anne ; and at the beginning of this work I found a remarkable tribute to a book which I had ... England of Anne's reign is for the historian a treasure indeed . The title of the book thus commended is A Tour Through ...
... England Under Queen Anne ; and at the beginning of this work I found a remarkable tribute to a book which I had ... England of Anne's reign is for the historian a treasure indeed . The title of the book thus commended is A Tour Through ...
Page 41
... England ; and , by consequence , the carriage is exceeding great , and also all the land carriage of the northern counties necessarily goes through these counties , so the roads had been plow'd so deep , and materials have been in some ...
... England ; and , by consequence , the carriage is exceeding great , and also all the land carriage of the northern counties necessarily goes through these counties , so the roads had been plow'd so deep , and materials have been in some ...
Page 95
... England . There was immense difference between what was allowed to the two professions . He was fearless and assertive ; pungent and contemptuous . And he might have observed - perhaps he did observe — that another clergyman of the ...
... England . There was immense difference between what was allowed to the two professions . He was fearless and assertive ; pungent and contemptuous . And he might have observed - perhaps he did observe — that another clergyman of the ...
Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? | 9 |
FINISHING A BOOK | 45 |
THE CONVERSATION OF AUTHORS | 51 |
Copyright | |
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