Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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Page 64
... matter to such readers whether the author writes as he does for a sound purpose and in an appropriate idiom . If he ... matters is that the book " is not on our side " . The closed mind operates . Why ? It may be that this is an ...
... matter to such readers whether the author writes as he does for a sound purpose and in an appropriate idiom . If he ... matters is that the book " is not on our side " . The closed mind operates . Why ? It may be that this is an ...
Page 65
... matter for hatred but matter for compassion . Shakespeare had the power in a supreme degree . He did not stand condemningly apart . He was never self - righteous . He was incapable of the intellectual pride which , to me , is one of the ...
... matter for hatred but matter for compassion . Shakespeare had the power in a supreme degree . He did not stand condemningly apart . He was never self - righteous . He was incapable of the intellectual pride which , to me , is one of the ...
Page 153
... matter of line or movement in its neighbourhood . This I am prepared to believe ; although , whatever the causes , some eyes do , as it were , " take the eye " more than others , and seem more beautiful , soulful , candid , or sinister ...
... matter of line or movement in its neighbourhood . This I am prepared to believe ; although , whatever the causes , some eyes do , as it were , " take the eye " more than others , and seem more beautiful , soulful , candid , or sinister ...
Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? | 9 |
FINISHING A BOOK | 45 |
THE CONVERSATION OF AUTHORS | 51 |
Copyright | |
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