Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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Page 51
... observation had been made seven or eight times in an hour , I decided that , for me , carpenters ' " shop " was too ... observe ; and no man who takes notice , or who records something unfamiliar , can fail to amuse . For instance , this ...
... observation had been made seven or eight times in an hour , I decided that , for me , carpenters ' " shop " was too ... observe ; and no man who takes notice , or who records something unfamiliar , can fail to amuse . For instance , this ...
Page 138
... observe the differences , pick up The Essays of Elia , and read the first words . Observe the instant address to yourselves : Reader , in thy passage from the Bank - where thou hast been receiving thy half - yearly dividends ( supposing ...
... observe the differences , pick up The Essays of Elia , and read the first words . Observe the instant address to yourselves : Reader , in thy passage from the Bank - where thou hast been receiving thy half - yearly dividends ( supposing ...
Page 156
... observing other people . Dickens thus attri- buted to them his own remarkable gift ; and in so doing stepped beyond the ... observation , it was part of what has been called the auto - hypnotism which made him see in such brilliance ...
... observing other people . Dickens thus attri- buted to them his own remarkable gift ; and in so doing stepped beyond the ... observation , it was part of what has been called the auto - hypnotism which made him see in such brilliance ...
Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? | 9 |
FINISHING A BOOK | 45 |
THE CONVERSATION OF AUTHORS | 51 |
Copyright | |
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