An Oxford Anthology of English ProseArnold Whitridge, John Wendell Dodds, Howard Foster Lowry Oxford University Press, 1935 - 950 pages |
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... wish only that we had been able to wander along more by - paths than we have . On the whole , however , our business was with authors of major importance and of the highest quality , and these are shown in full and adequate selections ...
... wish only that we had been able to wander along more by - paths than we have . On the whole , however , our business was with authors of major importance and of the highest quality , and these are shown in full and adequate selections ...
Page 264
... wish to find all good quali- ties in them , and are in some degree dis- appointed if you do not . A thousand little things , not separately to be defined , con- spire to form these Graces , this je ne sais quoi , that always pleases . A ...
... wish to find all good quali- ties in them , and are in some degree dis- appointed if you do not . A thousand little things , not separately to be defined , con- spire to form these Graces , this je ne sais quoi , that always pleases . A ...
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... wish to procure them by pressing upon a fund which is the prop- erty of the lame , the blind , the aged , and the infirm — the captive who lies down counting over and over again the days of his afflictions , languishes also for his ...
... wish to procure them by pressing upon a fund which is the prop- erty of the lame , the blind , the aged , and the infirm — the captive who lies down counting over and over again the days of his afflictions , languishes also for his ...
Contents
Le Morte Darthur | 1 |
Roger Ascham 15151568 | 19 |
Sir Thomas North | 29 |
Copyright | |
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