To the homes of good men and greatW. H. Wise, 1916 |
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Page 143
... writing books about Dean Swift there is no end . " The reason is plain : of no other prominent writer who has lived during the past two hundred years do we know so much . His life lies open to us in many books . Boswell did not write ...
... writing books about Dean Swift there is no end . " The reason is plain : of no other prominent writer who has lived during the past two hundred years do we know so much . His life lies open to us in many books . Boswell did not write ...
Page 189
... writing a man up you can not write him down ; the only thing that can smother a literary aspirant is silence . Victor Hugo coined the word when he could not find it , transposed phrases , inverted sentences , and never called a spade an ...
... writing a man up you can not write him down ; the only thing that can smother a literary aspirant is silence . Victor Hugo coined the word when he could not find it , transposed phrases , inverted sentences , and never called a spade an ...
Page 191
... writing a man up you can not write him down ; the only thing that can smother a literary aspirant is silence . Victor Hugo coined the word when he could not find it , transposed phrases , inverted sentences , and never called a spade an ...
... writing a man up you can not write him down ; the only thing that can smother a literary aspirant is silence . Victor Hugo coined the word when he could not find it , transposed phrases , inverted sentences , and never called a spade an ...
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