Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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Page 59
... hundred pounds a year by an uncle , which ( such was the value of a pound in those days ) set him entirely free from drudgery in a solicitor's office . He began to travel . He went to Germany , and stayed in various towns and cities for ...
... hundred pounds a year by an uncle , which ( such was the value of a pound in those days ) set him entirely free from drudgery in a solicitor's office . He began to travel . He went to Germany , and stayed in various towns and cities for ...
Page 82
... hundred years ago ( as we learn from Tristram Shandy and A Sentimental Journey that , like ourselves , they did not always finish sentences they had begun ) ; and the truth jumps at us from the pages of his book . Professor Pottle ...
... hundred years ago ( as we learn from Tristram Shandy and A Sentimental Journey that , like ourselves , they did not always finish sentences they had begun ) ; and the truth jumps at us from the pages of his book . Professor Pottle ...
Page 162
... hundred and seventy - two pages to describe a single evening , and nearly five hundred to unravel the inexplicable bitterness of a young man who is obviously destined to marry the heroine ; whereas The Last of the Mohicans is crammed ...
... hundred and seventy - two pages to describe a single evening , and nearly five hundred to unravel the inexplicable bitterness of a young man who is obviously destined to marry the heroine ; whereas The Last of the Mohicans is crammed ...
Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? | 9 |
FINISHING A BOOK | 45 |
THE CONVERSATION OF AUTHORS | 51 |
Copyright | |
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