Books I Love: Being a Selection of 100 Titles for a Home Library, with Added Comment on Other Books, Many Authors and the Delights of ReadingDoubleday, 1969 - 200 Seiten |
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... never cloys . A great book gives increasing pleasure every time it is opened . It improves with age , like a Cremona or a vintage port . There are always new beauties to be found in favorite old books . My only complaint about good ...
... never cloys . A great book gives increasing pleasure every time it is opened . It improves with age , like a Cremona or a vintage port . There are always new beauties to be found in favorite old books . My only complaint about good ...
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... never heard of him . The great men of the region were the lord of the manor , the colonel of the local militia , the Member of Parliament for the borough , and the hard - riding , hard - drinking squire who kept the best pack of ...
... never heard of him . The great men of the region were the lord of the manor , the colonel of the local militia , the Member of Parliament for the borough , and the hard - riding , hard - drinking squire who kept the best pack of ...
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... never wrote an important novel , but in my opinion he never wrote a dull one . I had little opportunity to be a theater - goer and thus I know nothing of his prowess as a successful play- wright , but I have read many of his novels and ...
... never wrote an important novel , but in my opinion he never wrote a dull one . I had little opportunity to be a theater - goer and thus I know nothing of his prowess as a successful play- wright , but I have read many of his novels and ...
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