Reader's Companion: A Personal Anthology Selected for Re-readability from the Writers of 2000 Years for the Reader of TodayLouis Kronenberger Viking Press, 1945 - 731 Seiten |
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... thing , he pronounced this eulogy : " Sir , we could not have had a better dinner had there been a Synod of Cooks . " 1766. Another evening Dr. Goldsmith and I called on him , with the hope of prevailing on him to sup with us at the ...
... thing , he pronounced this eulogy : " Sir , we could not have had a better dinner had there been a Synod of Cooks . " 1766. Another evening Dr. Goldsmith and I called on him , with the hope of prevailing on him to sup with us at the ...
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... Things went particularly well at first , before every- thing was finally arranged and while something had still to be done : this thing bought , that thing ordered , another thing moved , and something else adjusted . Though there were ...
... Things went particularly well at first , before every- thing was finally arranged and while something had still to be done : this thing bought , that thing ordered , another thing moved , and something else adjusted . Though there were ...
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... thing is so and so ; he must know it ; for this is eminently one of the " exact " sciences . With what scorn a pilot was looked upon , in the old times , if he ever ventured to deal in that feeble phrase " I think , " instead of the ...
... thing is so and so ; he must know it ; for this is eminently one of the " exact " sciences . With what scorn a pilot was looked upon , in the old times , if he ever ventured to deal in that feeble phrase " I think , " instead of the ...
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