The Pursuits of Leisure & Other EssaysBooks for Libraries Press, 1968 - 162 Seiten |
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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 ... written in a great hurry in time to catch the mail . ' Such documents have none of the qualities which Shakespeare ...
... writing was inculcated as a duty , and its art was studied as a grace . It cannot have been so difficult then , when ... written in a great hurry in time to catch the mail . ' Such documents have none of the qualities which Shakespeare ...
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... written word ; for its beauty is now invoked as an instrument of commercial utility in the noisiest city in the world , and is therefore worthy of preservation . A Renaissance is in sight , the re - birth of the gentle art of letter - ...
... written word ; for its beauty is now invoked as an instrument of commercial utility in the noisiest city in the world , and is therefore worthy of preservation . A Renaissance is in sight , the re - birth of the gentle art of letter - ...
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... writing his own account of the commerce and conversations he had had with , and of the letters which he had received from , George Curzon , from the time he left Oxford in 1884 1 This appreciation of Lord Curzon was written in 1925 ...
... writing his own account of the commerce and conversations he had had with , and of the letters which he had received from , George Curzon , from the time he left Oxford in 1884 1 This appreciation of Lord Curzon was written in 1925 ...
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Foreword page | 1 |
Books and Their Uses | 15 |
Memoirs and Biographies | 41 |
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