The Pursuits of Leisure & Other EssaysBooks for Libraries Press, 1968 - 162 Seiten |
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... death or delicacy prevent the interested parties from discussing . When one reads these books one is tempted to wish that all sources of Memoirs , other than those already accessible through the Press , could be confided for a term of ...
... death or delicacy prevent the interested parties from discussing . When one reads these books one is tempted to wish that all sources of Memoirs , other than those already accessible through the Press , could be confided for a term of ...
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... death , as Lord President of the Council . To leave the Foreign Office was , I know , as gall and wormwood to him ; but not one word of bitterness or of recrimination did he ever utter after those two heart- breaking pass - overs . To ...
... death , as Lord President of the Council . To leave the Foreign Office was , I know , as gall and wormwood to him ; but not one word of bitterness or of recrimination did he ever utter after those two heart- breaking pass - overs . To ...
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... death and fulfilled with an energy and efficiency that were wholly characteristic of him . This long period , of supreme importance to modern Oxford , is admirably examined by Sir Herbert Warren ( his Vice- Chancellor ) in a wisely ...
... death and fulfilled with an energy and efficiency that were wholly characteristic of him . This long period , of supreme importance to modern Oxford , is admirably examined by Sir Herbert Warren ( his Vice- Chancellor ) in a wisely ...
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Foreword page | 1 |
Books and Their Uses | 15 |
Memoirs and Biographies | 41 |
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