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 52
... thought , concealed by ciphers , for which the world was waiting . She claimed to have received permission from the vicar at Stratford - on - Avon to open the grave of Shakespeare in search of documents that would dis- prove his ...
... thought , concealed by ciphers , for which the world was waiting . She claimed to have received permission from the vicar at Stratford - on - Avon to open the grave of Shakespeare in search of documents that would dis- prove his ...
Page 70
... thoughts , because if a line of poetry strays into my memory , my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act ... thought has found the word . " All this is just leading up to a personal expe- rience that seemed to me amusing . I ...
... thoughts , because if a line of poetry strays into my memory , my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act ... thought has found the word . " All this is just leading up to a personal expe- rience that seemed to me amusing . I ...
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... thought . The unconsciousness was broken into every six or seven words by flashes of consciousness , so that one cannot be sure but what the slight element of connected thought which occasionally appeared was due to these flashes of ...
... thought . The unconsciousness was broken into every six or seven words by flashes of consciousness , so that one cannot be sure but what the slight element of connected thought which occasionally appeared was due to these flashes of ...
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