Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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... imagination was his faith . " I know , " said one of his characters , " that we must trust and hope , and neither doubt ourselves , nor doubt the good in one another . " That was Dickens's message for Christmas . It is a good message ...
... imagination was his faith . " I know , " said one of his characters , " that we must trust and hope , and neither doubt ourselves , nor doubt the good in one another . " That was Dickens's message for Christmas . It is a good message ...
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... imagination , who , when they 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 ...
... imagination , who , when they 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 ...
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... imagination . Each person defines the quality in a way to suit himself , and I am not in that respect peculiar ; so I shall tell you what I mean by imagination . It is not romantic fancy . It is not a faculty cultivated by any of the ...
... imagination . Each person defines the quality in a way to suit himself , and I am not in that respect peculiar ; so I shall tell you what I mean by imagination . It is not romantic fancy . It is not a faculty cultivated by any of the ...
Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? | 9 |
FINISHING A BOOK | 45 |
THE CONVERSATION OF AUTHORS | 51 |
Copyright | |
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