The Pursuits of Leisure & Other EssaysBooks for Libraries Press, 1968 - 162 Seiten |
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... once said that ' a true critic must be not only a universal scholar but as clear conscienced as a saint and as tenderly impressible as a woman . After that he may be as rigid as Minos . ' But that is a recipe of perfection ; and we may ...
... once said that ' a true critic must be not only a universal scholar but as clear conscienced as a saint and as tenderly impressible as a woman . After that he may be as rigid as Minos . ' But that is a recipe of perfection ; and we may ...
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... once more by means of antecedent blindness , races which otherwise would never have sur- rendered to our latter - day commercial canons of ques- tionable beauty . It is necessary to tour through the East to realise the extent to which ...
... once more by means of antecedent blindness , races which otherwise would never have sur- rendered to our latter - day commercial canons of ques- tionable beauty . It is necessary to tour through the East to realise the extent to which ...
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... Once more , he wrote in a letter to Lord Northbrook , ' What is the difference between typhus fever and the sixth book of the " Iliad " ? One is an epidemic , and the other is a demi - epic . ' And for foreign consumption , he invented ...
... Once more , he wrote in a letter to Lord Northbrook , ' What is the difference between typhus fever and the sixth book of the " Iliad " ? One is an epidemic , and the other is a demi - epic . ' And for foreign consumption , he invented ...
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Foreword page | 1 |
Books and Their Uses | 15 |
Memoirs and Biographies | 41 |
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