Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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Page 16
... less buoyant , and less whimsical , as the first enthusiasm passed ; perhaps they tended to become less confident . But as long as they lasted they roused and delighted the public . When Dickens's fertility failed , he abandoned the ...
... less buoyant , and less whimsical , as the first enthusiasm passed ; perhaps they tended to become less confident . But as long as they lasted they roused and delighted the public . When Dickens's fertility failed , he abandoned the ...
Page 107
... less than a month . I know that reviewers read quickly ; they have to do so . Very strange work some of them make of the job ! The ordinary reader is slower . True , he takes less time than a broadcaster would do to read aloud the same ...
... less than a month . I know that reviewers read quickly ; they have to do so . Very strange work some of them make of the job ! The ordinary reader is slower . True , he takes less time than a broadcaster would do to read aloud the same ...
Page 137
... less intelligible . The Rambler and The Idler are full of superlatively good sense ; they are far less familiar in tone than the delightful essays of Goldsmith , in which that lovable genius who ( according to John Forster ) " looked ...
... less intelligible . The Rambler and The Idler are full of superlatively good sense ; they are far less familiar in tone than the delightful essays of Goldsmith , in which that lovable genius who ( according to John Forster ) " looked ...
Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? | 9 |
FINISHING A BOOK | 45 |
THE CONVERSATION OF AUTHORS | 51 |
Copyright | |
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