Reader's Companion: A Personal Anthology Selected for Re-readability from the Writers of 2000 Years for the Reader of TodayLouis Kronenberger Viking Press, 1945 - 731 Seiten |
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... four hours off and four hours on , day and night , there was a long four - hour gap in my book for every time I had slept since the voyage began . My chief was presently hired to go on a big New Orleans boat , and I packed my satchel ...
... four hours off and four hours on , day and night , there was a long four - hour gap in my book for every time I had slept since the voyage began . My chief was presently hired to go on a big New Orleans boat , and I packed my satchel ...
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... four ! Nature does not ask your permission , she has nothing to do with your wishes , and whether you like her laws or dislike them , you are bound to accept her as she is , and consequently all her conclusions . A wall , you see , is a ...
... four ! Nature does not ask your permission , she has nothing to do with your wishes , and whether you like her laws or dislike them , you are bound to accept her as she is , and consequently all her conclusions . A wall , you see , is a ...
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... four , and such positiveness is not life , gentlemen , but is the beginning of death . Anyway , man has always been ... four seems to me simply a piece of insolence . Twice two makes four is a pert coxcomb who stands with arms akimbo ...
... four , and such positiveness is not life , gentlemen , but is the beginning of death . Anyway , man has always been ... four seems to me simply a piece of insolence . Twice two makes four is a pert coxcomb who stands with arms akimbo ...
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THE DEATH OF SOCRATES | 1 |
ON THE CONVERSATION OF AUTHORS | 15 |
SELECTIONS from | 32 |
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