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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... suggested an attitude of sophistication . “ I do n said in substance , " want to go where everybod Tell me , please , of out of the way places , of no 3 Et Cetera , pp . 98-99 . ated with notable events - are concentrated in ce like 46.
... suggested an attitude of sophistication . “ I do n said in substance , " want to go where everybod Tell me , please , of out of the way places , of no 3 Et Cetera , pp . 98-99 . ated with notable events - are concentrated in ce like 46.
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... tell us how to use words ; but it will tell us , when he used such and such a word , what a writer really had in his mind . For instance , on page 87 of Richard Aldington's Life for Life's Sake , we read : " With a feeling of exaltation ...
... tell us how to use words ; but it will tell us , when he used such and such a word , what a writer really had in his mind . For instance , on page 87 of Richard Aldington's Life for Life's Sake , we read : " With a feeling of exaltation ...
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... tell ; a few of them even to tell but not kiss . The first man to wax introspective and minutely reminiscent was Saint Augustine whose Con- fessions , though written in the form of a prayer and to some readers disappointingly discreet ...
... tell ; a few of them even to tell but not kiss . The first man to wax introspective and minutely reminiscent was Saint Augustine whose Con- fessions , though written in the form of a prayer and to some readers disappointingly discreet ...
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