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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Page 91
... sort of dreary and appalling sex complication would have resulted . As revealed by Kipling the Robinsons would have passed their time building barracks and saluting one another . Finally , said Mr. Lewis - The Green Hat had just ...
... sort of dreary and appalling sex complication would have resulted . As revealed by Kipling the Robinsons would have passed their time building barracks and saluting one another . Finally , said Mr. Lewis - The Green Hat had just ...
Page 159
... sort of tavern for his friends , dispensing conversation instead of the more usual entertainment . That was the only flavor of antiquity about the Argus - a sort of eighteenth - century cama- raderie streamlined to our contemporary mood ...
... sort of tavern for his friends , dispensing conversation instead of the more usual entertainment . That was the only flavor of antiquity about the Argus - a sort of eighteenth - century cama- raderie streamlined to our contemporary mood ...
Page 205
... sort of springboard for Mrs. Gamp's commendatory observations on Mrs. Gamp ; Mrs. Grundy a pious threat , wielding her power through the words of those who wonder at her probable reactions . I couldn't hear what was being said , and an ...
... sort of springboard for Mrs. Gamp's commendatory observations on Mrs. Gamp ; Mrs. Grundy a pious threat , wielding her power through the words of those who wonder at her probable reactions . I couldn't hear what was being said , and an ...
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