Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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... began to make their own classics , who were all contempor- aries . This fact scandalized the elderly . George Saintsbury , who was learned in all books , but particularly old and middle - aged books , spoke for every literate senior ...
... began to make their own classics , who were all contempor- aries . This fact scandalized the elderly . George Saintsbury , who was learned in all books , but particularly old and middle - aged books , spoke for every literate senior ...
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... began it , " he says . " Don't tell me what Mrs Peerybingle said . I know better . Mrs Peerybingle may leave it on record to the end of time that she couldn't say which of them began it ; but , I say the kettle did . I ought to know , I ...
... began it , " he says . " Don't tell me what Mrs Peerybingle said . I know better . Mrs Peerybingle may leave it on record to the end of time that she couldn't say which of them began it ; but , I say the kettle did . I ought to know , I ...
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... began to write , felt confident of their readers , and knew intuitively what such friends wish to hear about . A good letter , therefore , has always been , and always should be , a mixture of the most carefree egotism and the most ...
... began to write , felt confident of their readers , and knew intuitively what such friends wish to hear about . A good letter , therefore , has always been , and always should be , a mixture of the most carefree egotism and the most ...
Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? | 9 |
FINISHING A BOOK | 45 |
THE CONVERSATION OF AUTHORS | 51 |
Copyright | |
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