Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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Page 22
... amusing , exasperating character , with all a simpleton's pride in his own financial skill . He was tremendously popular . I think Mary had him in mind when , in The Touchy Lady , she described that lady's husband as " a good - humoured ...
... amusing , exasperating character , with all a simpleton's pride in his own financial skill . He was tremendously popular . I think Mary had him in mind when , in The Touchy Lady , she described that lady's husband as " a good - humoured ...
Page 78
... amusing lie of yours this morning , " he said . I answered him that it was written solely in the cause of science and navigation ; and what was more , I assured him earnestly , I had been offered a berth in the ship for the proof of ...
... amusing lie of yours this morning , " he said . I answered him that it was written solely in the cause of science and navigation ; and what was more , I assured him earnestly , I had been offered a berth in the ship for the proof of ...
Page 94
... an example in critical journalism which has ever since been amusing to bystanders and painful to its victims . It had no reverence for the established ; and must often have seemed purely destructive , as in 94 Londoner's Post.
... an example in critical journalism which has ever since been amusing to bystanders and painful to its victims . It had no reverence for the established ; and must often have seemed purely destructive , as in 94 Londoner's Post.
Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? | 9 |
FINISHING A BOOK | 45 |
THE CONVERSATION OF AUTHORS | 51 |
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