Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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Letters to Gog and Magog Frank Swinnerton. THE SMITH OF SMITHS THE HERE was a great flowering of literary genius in Great Britain between the year 1770 and the year 1795. Wordsworth led the way ; Sir Walter Scott followed ... SMITH OF SMITHS.
Letters to Gog and Magog Frank Swinnerton. THE SMITH OF SMITHS THE HERE was a great flowering of literary genius in Great Britain between the year 1770 and the year 1795. Wordsworth led the way ; Sir Walter Scott followed ... SMITH OF SMITHS.
Page 95
... Smith remembered only to be caustic . That was true , also , of Jeffrey and Brougham ; but these others followed the Law , and could indulge their destruc- tiveness without reproach . Sydney Smith was a clergyman of the ... Smith of Smiths.
... Smith remembered only to be caustic . That was true , also , of Jeffrey and Brougham ; but these others followed the Law , and could indulge their destruc- tiveness without reproach . Sydney Smith was a clergyman of the ... Smith of Smiths.
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... Smith of Smiths , I first read in 1934 , when it was published by Hamish Hamilton , that the great tragic actress Mrs Siddons , other- wise hardly known to relax , " fell an easy prey to Sydney Smith's humour at their first meeting ...
... Smith of Smiths , I first read in 1934 , when it was published by Hamish Hamilton , that the great tragic actress Mrs Siddons , other- wise hardly known to relax , " fell an easy prey to Sydney Smith's humour at their first meeting ...
Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? | 9 |
FINISHING A BOOK | 45 |
THE CONVERSATION OF AUTHORS | 51 |
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