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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... thing one seems , to look for happiness within , not without , to be patient with the patience that makes all things easy , to face danger with dauntless front , to retain a calm mind under the frowns as well as the smiles of fortune ...
... thing one seems , to look for happiness within , not without , to be patient with the patience that makes all things easy , to face danger with dauntless front , to retain a calm mind under the frowns as well as the smiles of fortune ...
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Reading for Profit and Pleasure Francis Meehan. tality : " No single thing abides ; but all things flow . Fragment to fragment clings - the things thus grow Until we know and name them . By degrees They melt , and are no more the things ...
Reading for Profit and Pleasure Francis Meehan. tality : " No single thing abides ; but all things flow . Fragment to fragment clings - the things thus grow Until we know and name them . By degrees They melt , and are no more the things ...
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... things . If we choose our bedtime book in harmony with those psychological truths we are fairly certain to sleep ... thing enskied and sainted . Nowhere , though , does he voice an objection to com- panionship before going to sleep ; and ...
... things . If we choose our bedtime book in harmony with those psychological truths we are fairly certain to sleep ... thing enskied and sainted . Nowhere , though , does he voice an objection to com- panionship before going to sleep ; and ...
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