Books and BipedsArgus Books, 1947 - 258 pages "In a word, 'Books and Bipeds' is for the most part a selection of paragraphs from my weekly book column in the "Chicago Sunday Tribune'..." -- foreword. |
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... four inches . Pope , the " Wasp of Twickenham , " who had a spinal deformity , may have been the shortest ; he is said to have been four feet six . Some Morley Incunables Who is Geoffrey Barton , in Christopher Mor- ley's new novel ...
... four inches . Pope , the " Wasp of Twickenham , " who had a spinal deformity , may have been the shortest ; he is said to have been four feet six . Some Morley Incunables Who is Geoffrey Barton , in Christopher Mor- ley's new novel ...
Page 72
... four or five again at random . The final four ( or five ) , whatever they may be , however diverse and contradictory , become the basis of the book . By a miracle of ingenuity he relates them and forces them to click . That statement is ...
... four or five again at random . The final four ( or five ) , whatever they may be , however diverse and contradictory , become the basis of the book . By a miracle of ingenuity he relates them and forces them to click . That statement is ...
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... four courses of a four- course dinner . Just now , as I was thinking of saying something pleasantly innocuous about old James Russell Longfellow , to please Prof. Hatfield , along comes a note from Chris Morley , enclosing a " Val ...
... four courses of a four- course dinner . Just now , as I was thinking of saying something pleasantly innocuous about old James Russell Longfellow , to please Prof. Hatfield , along comes a note from Chris Morley , enclosing a " Val ...
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