The Pursuits of Leisure & Other EssaysBooks for Libraries Press, 1968 - 162 Seiten |
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... appreciation of the times and places with which the writer is concerned . So that I , for one , decline to be browbeaten out of my favourite pastime , even by a clever jibe — one of the many untruths that are often spoken in jest ; and ...
... appreciation of the times and places with which the writer is concerned . So that I , for one , decline to be browbeaten out of my favourite pastime , even by a clever jibe — one of the many untruths that are often spoken in jest ; and ...
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... appreciation of history , and as such they should be written and read . In the best of these , facts are kept in their proper subordinate position , or are relegated , on the general ground of dullness , to the pages of a history . It ...
... appreciation of history , and as such they should be written and read . In the best of these , facts are kept in their proper subordinate position , or are relegated , on the general ground of dullness , to the pages of a history . It ...
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... appreciation of its worth . Other works of similar kinds followed at an interval of a few years apart , setting forth in considerable detail the daily events of the artist's journeys in the kingdom of Naples , the States of the Church ...
... appreciation of its worth . Other works of similar kinds followed at an interval of a few years apart , setting forth in considerable detail the daily events of the artist's journeys in the kingdom of Naples , the States of the Church ...
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Foreword page | 1 |
Books and Their Uses | 15 |
Memoirs and Biographies | 41 |
Urheberrecht | |
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