Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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Page 70
... told him the whole terrible story of an unconsummated marriage . Harris , according to his own rather derisive biographers , could not possibly have had this conversation with Carlyle , and I believe them ; but Harris was otherwise a ...
... told him the whole terrible story of an unconsummated marriage . Harris , according to his own rather derisive biographers , could not possibly have had this conversation with Carlyle , and I believe them ; but Harris was otherwise a ...
Page 79
... told he is not a literary man . A reader once complained to me , and with justice , that as a literary commentator I betrayed no pure literary predilections . “ You never devote your page , " he said fretfully , " to the influence of ...
... told he is not a literary man . A reader once complained to me , and with justice , that as a literary commentator I betrayed no pure literary predilections . “ You never devote your page , " he said fretfully , " to the influence of ...
Page 153
... told : " Never trust a man if the whites of his eyes show under the iris . " " A cleft chin means a habit of intrigue . " " He can't look you in the face ; so he must be dishonest ! " And so on . Personally , I am extremely unobservant ...
... told : " Never trust a man if the whites of his eyes show under the iris . " " A cleft chin means a habit of intrigue . " " He can't look you in the face ; so he must be dishonest ! " And so on . Personally , I am extremely unobservant ...
Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? | 9 |
FINISHING A BOOK | 45 |
THE CONVERSATION OF AUTHORS | 51 |
Copyright | |
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