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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... man's philosophy as to wear another man's cast - off clothes . " 1 All great writers are smeared with the petty prejudices and partial insights of their times ; all great books have passages , even chapters , no longer vital and valid ...
... man's philosophy as to wear another man's cast - off clothes . " 1 All great writers are smeared with the petty prejudices and partial insights of their times ; all great books have passages , even chapters , no longer vital and valid ...
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... man's poetry ' by comparison . " » 2 The oboe and the organ both make music , and of them are good . Becomingly catholic is our ta instruments - only we are wary of the troublingly tive saxophone . There is no incongruity in our ence ...
... man's poetry ' by comparison . " » 2 The oboe and the organ both make music , and of them are good . Becomingly catholic is our ta instruments - only we are wary of the troublingly tive saxophone . There is no incongruity in our ence ...
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... man's bank account is an index to cial importance and individual intelligence , th powers that be are immune from criticism becau thority and infallibility are the same thing , that and bustle is identical with progress - as though must ...
... man's bank account is an index to cial importance and individual intelligence , th powers that be are immune from criticism becau thority and infallibility are the same thing , that and bustle is identical with progress - as though must ...
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