Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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Page 32
... believe in anything , let him believe in the music of Handel , the painting of Giovanni Bellini , and in the thirteenth chapter of St. Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians . I do not mean half the arrogance which I express . strongly ...
... believe in anything , let him believe in the music of Handel , the painting of Giovanni Bellini , and in the thirteenth chapter of St. Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians . I do not mean half the arrogance which I express . strongly ...
Page 78
... believe me , you take the trip . There's a cabin we don't use . " may I never gave that preposterous suggestion a second thought , but I did write , for a lively morning newspaper , my sailor's mocking summary of what that strange ...
... believe me , you take the trip . There's a cabin we don't use . " may I never gave that preposterous suggestion a second thought , but I did write , for a lively morning newspaper , my sailor's mocking summary of what that strange ...
Page 153
... believe ; although , whatever the causes , some eyes do , as it were , " take the eye " more than others , and seem more beautiful , soulful , candid , or sinister . It is not possible for the novelist to be scientifically precise on ...
... believe ; although , whatever the causes , some eyes do , as it were , " take the eye " more than others , and seem more beautiful , soulful , candid , or sinister . It is not possible for the novelist to be scientifically precise on ...
Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? | 9 |
FINISHING A BOOK | 45 |
THE CONVERSATION OF AUTHORS | 51 |
Copyright | |
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