The Pursuits of Leisure & Other EssaysBooks for Libraries Press, 1968 - 162 Seiten |
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... Political Biography ; General Biography ; English Essays ; Travel ; and Classical Trans- lations . In each section I have selected three volumes which I should advise you to read — as typical of dozens of other volumes which can ...
... Political Biography ; General Biography ; English Essays ; Travel ; and Classical Trans- lations . In each section I have selected three volumes which I should advise you to read — as typical of dozens of other volumes which can ...
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... political and international conditions of the future , upon scienti- fic speculations and the future of sexual relations , there have been no books written ( so far as I am aware ) speculating upon the humour even of the next century ...
... political and international conditions of the future , upon scienti- fic speculations and the future of sexual relations , there have been no books written ( so far as I am aware ) speculating upon the humour even of the next century ...
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... political history of our own times . Such a setting was entirely appropriate to such a figure ; no less becoming than to paint Lord Nelson on the deck of the Victory , the philosopher in his library , or the Pope upon his throne . 154 A ...
... political history of our own times . Such a setting was entirely appropriate to such a figure ; no less becoming than to paint Lord Nelson on the deck of the Victory , the philosopher in his library , or the Pope upon his throne . 154 A ...
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Foreword page | 1 |
Books and Their Uses | 15 |
Memoirs and Biographies | 41 |
Urheberrecht | |
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