Living Upstairs: Reading for Profit and PleasureE. P. Dutton & Company, Incorporated, 1942 - 256 Seiten The author uses the idea of decorating and furnishing an upper room in one's house as an allegory for developing reading habits for profit and recreation. |
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... heaven received Into the bosom of the steady lake . " The books we know , and especially the memory of the books we have read , can induce that shock of mild surprise ; and happy are we when above the crackling flames we hear the voices ...
... heaven received Into the bosom of the steady lake . " The books we know , and especially the memory of the books we have read , can induce that shock of mild surprise ; and happy are we when above the crackling flames we hear the voices ...
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... Heaven ! I find one's ancestors are more valuable relations than I took them for ! -Ladies and gentlemen , your most obedi- ent and very grateful servant . " THOSE FRIENDLY PIPES VIII . THOSE FRIENDLY PIPES This chapter 112 LIVING UPSTAIRS.
... Heaven ! I find one's ancestors are more valuable relations than I took them for ! -Ladies and gentlemen , your most obedi- ent and very grateful servant . " THOSE FRIENDLY PIPES VIII . THOSE FRIENDLY PIPES This chapter 112 LIVING UPSTAIRS.
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... Heaven . Only a child or a genius would name a poem " The Hound of Heaven . " As we reel from verse to verse we are startled , thrilled and mystified by superbly auda- cious imagery : " Up vistaed hopes , I sped ; And shot ...
... Heaven . Only a child or a genius would name a poem " The Hound of Heaven . " As we reel from verse to verse we are startled , thrilled and mystified by superbly auda- cious imagery : " Up vistaed hopes , I sped ; And shot ...
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accept ancestors beauty bedtime better centuries Chair Chambered Nautilus classic comes course Cressida death downstairs ease enjoy experience eyes face faith feel fire fireplace Flat-Topped Desk freedom friends give Greek hand happy heart Heaven hold hour human ideas imagination impression intellectual interest Italy junk keep King knowledge language learned least less light literary literature Living Upstairs look man's matter means ment mental mind moral nature never night once ourselves personality philosophy pipe play poem poet portraits practical present reader reason Roman Saint sense Shakespeare social soul speak spirit story sure talk taste tell things thinking thought tion translation true truth turn universal Upper Room vision walls Window wisdom women writing wrote young