English WitsLeonard Russell Hutchinson, 1953 - 349 pages |
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Page 264
... Oxford as a subject for art presents to the adult mind insuperable difficulties . It is the measure of Max's real importance that he solved them , and made from the unsuitable material of adolescent freedom a work of art that stands ...
... Oxford as a subject for art presents to the adult mind insuperable difficulties . It is the measure of Max's real importance that he solved them , and made from the unsuitable material of adolescent freedom a work of art that stands ...
Page 265
... Oxford novel , not merely the best novel about Oxford . " " • A moment later a certain old don emerged from Blackwell's where he had been buying books . Looking across the road , he saw , to his amazement , great beads of perspiration ...
... Oxford novel , not merely the best novel about Oxford . " " • A moment later a certain old don emerged from Blackwell's where he had been buying books . Looking across the road , he saw , to his amazement , great beads of perspiration ...
Page 267
... Oxford set on a salubrious level . For there is nothing in England to be matched with what lurks in the vapours of these meadows , and in the shadows of these spires - that mysterious , inebulable spirit , spirit of Oxford . Oxford ...
... Oxford set on a salubrious level . For there is nothing in England to be matched with what lurks in the vapours of these meadows , and in the shadows of these spires - that mysterious , inebulable spirit , spirit of Oxford . Oxford ...
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