Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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... genius or the talent of their writers ; but some of them also and especially express the passion , the colour , or the quickened thought of their age . These are the fashionable books . They may be such philosophy as Spengler's Decline ...
... genius or the talent of their writers ; but some of them also and especially express the passion , the colour , or the quickened thought of their age . These are the fashionable books . They may be such philosophy as Spengler's Decline ...
Page 58
... genius or taste whatever . " What was he to do ? He was good - natured , physically active , full of curiosity , sympathetic ; he thought he had “ a moderately logical understanding " ; and by his own account he was " in the habit of ...
... genius or taste whatever . " What was he to do ? He was good - natured , physically active , full of curiosity , sympathetic ; he thought he had “ a moderately logical understanding " ; and by his own account he was " in the habit of ...
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... genius which the British public recognized at once for what it was . The repetitions , Cain , Manfred , The Corsair ... genius ; he discreetly suggests both the strength of that genius and the fact that one may have too much of a good ...
... genius which the British public recognized at once for what it was . The repetitions , Cain , Manfred , The Corsair ... genius ; he discreetly suggests both the strength of that genius and the fact that one may have too much of a good ...
Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? | 9 |
FINISHING A BOOK | 45 |
THE CONVERSATION OF AUTHORS | 51 |
Copyright | |
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