The Pursuits of Leisure & Other EssaysBooks for Libraries Press, 1968 - 162 Seiten |
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... Art have withered and died ; and amongst these the delightful talent of letter - writing must be regretted with the joys of the past . To destroy this fanciful and sensitive gift , all kinds 77 The Art of Letter-writing.
... Art have withered and died ; and amongst these the delightful talent of letter - writing must be regretted with the joys of the past . To destroy this fanciful and sensitive gift , all kinds 77 The Art of Letter-writing.
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... writing ' had no chance of sur- vival : it foundered midway through the nineteenth cen- tury . Not even the robust ... writing - fragrant with style , full of comment , rich in allusion - but it has also , and mercifully , evolved a ...
... writing ' had no chance of sur- vival : it foundered midway through the nineteenth cen- tury . Not even the robust ... writing - fragrant with style , full of comment , rich in allusion - but it has also , and mercifully , evolved a ...
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... writing was inculcated as a duty , and its art was studied as a grace . It cannot have been so difficult then , when still there was time ; when overseas mails were few and far between , when friends lived abroad for years , and letters ...
... writing was inculcated as a duty , and its art was studied as a grace . It cannot have been so difficult then , when still there was time ; when overseas mails were few and far between , when friends lived abroad for years , and letters ...
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Foreword page | 1 |
Books and Their Uses | 15 |
Memoirs and Biographies | 41 |
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