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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... face of the earth . He elucidated it in an essay which he sent to editor after editor . At length , when his manuscript came back to him the twentieth time , he said to him- self : " My idea still seems good to me , but now it is only ...
... face of the earth . He elucidated it in an essay which he sent to editor after editor . At length , when his manuscript came back to him the twentieth time , he said to him- self : " My idea still seems good to me , but now it is only ...
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... face to face with Christian- ity , he might have perceived therein a more excellent way than his own ; but I doubt it . His friend Virgil could readily have embraced the fullness of supernatural faith and transferred to the empire of ...
... face to face with Christian- ity , he might have perceived therein a more excellent way than his own ; but I doubt it . His friend Virgil could readily have embraced the fullness of supernatural faith and transferred to the empire of ...
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... face ! . . . Have you noticed , now , Your cullion's hanging face ? A bit of chalk , And trust me but you should , though ! How mu If I drew higher things with the same truth ! " 2 Sainte - Beuve's essay may be found in the Harvard ...
... face ! . . . Have you noticed , now , Your cullion's hanging face ? A bit of chalk , And trust me but you should , though ! How mu If I drew higher things with the same truth ! " 2 Sainte - Beuve's essay may be found in the Harvard ...
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