Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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Letters to Gog and Magog Frank Swinnerton. EYES AND NO EYES I REMEMBER that once , in the days of Brains Trusts , a scientific observer found fault with novelists for their habit of referring to eyes as indicators of emotion or character ...
Letters to Gog and Magog Frank Swinnerton. EYES AND NO EYES I REMEMBER that once , in the days of Brains Trusts , a scientific observer found fault with novelists for their habit of referring to eyes as indicators of emotion or character ...
Page 155
... eyes , " which were of a peculiarly light watery grey " , " seemed to always retain that far - away , introspective look which I had only observed in Sherlock's when he was exerting his full powers " . From fiction to ... Eyes and no Eyes.
... eyes , " which were of a peculiarly light watery grey " , " seemed to always retain that far - away , introspective look which I had only observed in Sherlock's when he was exerting his full powers " . From fiction to ... Eyes and no Eyes.
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... eyes and an open countenance he wore his hair with a straight parting in the middle . His name was Julius Slinkton ; and as one would expect from such a name he was murdering heavily - insured nieces . What would Mycroft ... Eyes and no Eyes.
... eyes and an open countenance he wore his hair with a straight parting in the middle . His name was Julius Slinkton ; and as one would expect from such a name he was murdering heavily - insured nieces . What would Mycroft ... Eyes and no Eyes.
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WHY READ THE CLASSICS? | 9 |
FINISHING A BOOK | 45 |
THE CONVERSATION OF AUTHORS | 51 |
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