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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... suppose , is as famous as any in literature : " And so , as Tiny Tim observed , God bless us , every one ! " That miserable old curmudgeon Scrooge , who came at last to see the error of his ways , is today a word in the English language ...
... suppose , is as famous as any in literature : " And so , as Tiny Tim observed , God bless us , every one ! " That miserable old curmudgeon Scrooge , who came at last to see the error of his ways , is today a word in the English language ...
Page 87
... suppose , is the " Queries and Answers " page of the New York Times Book Re- view . I don't know how long it has been going on- certainly as far back as I can remember - but there can be no question about the service it renders . Any ...
... suppose , is the " Queries and Answers " page of the New York Times Book Re- view . I don't know how long it has been going on- certainly as far back as I can remember - but there can be no question about the service it renders . Any ...
Page 245
... suppose . When I was a boy one of the words I mispronounced was misled , which - in cer- tain connections - I called mizzled . It was a good word and I was sorry to lose it . I knew there was also a word pronounced mis - led , and in ...
... suppose . When I was a boy one of the words I mispronounced was misled , which - in cer- tain connections - I called mizzled . It was a good word and I was sorry to lose it . I knew there was also a word pronounced mis - led , and in ...
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