Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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Page 28
... thought of his studying art , he was com- pletely at a stand . A public school education cuts off a boy's retreat ; he can no longer become a labourer or a mechanic , and these are the only people whose tenure of independence is not ...
... thought of his studying art , he was com- pletely at a stand . A public school education cuts off a boy's retreat ; he can no longer become a labourer or a mechanic , and these are the only people whose tenure of independence is not ...
Page 36
... thought of print that made him self- conscious and gave strain to what should have been a free exchange . If that thought did not affect Walpole similarly , it was because Walpole believed himself to be compiling a record of his time ...
... thought of print that made him self- conscious and gave strain to what should have been a free exchange . If that thought did not affect Walpole similarly , it was because Walpole believed himself to be compiling a record of his time ...
Page 58
... thought only of entertaining his old age privately with ancient secrets . At any rate , Pepys was the great diarist ; although he pictured much of his age he concentrated upon himself , his habits , fears , qualms , and jealousies ; and ...
... thought only of entertaining his old age privately with ancient secrets . At any rate , Pepys was the great diarist ; although he pictured much of his age he concentrated upon himself , his habits , fears , qualms , and jealousies ; and ...
Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? | 9 |
FINISHING A BOOK | 45 |
THE CONVERSATION OF AUTHORS | 51 |
Copyright | |
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