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 124
... tion . His mother , Mary Shewell , was a Philadelphia lass , " a brunette with fine eyes , " who had been too bashful to accept Dr. Franklin's offer to teach her the guitar , and so possessed- in the words of her famous son- " no ...
... tion . His mother , Mary Shewell , was a Philadelphia lass , " a brunette with fine eyes , " who had been too bashful to accept Dr. Franklin's offer to teach her the guitar , and so possessed- in the words of her famous son- " no ...
Page 144
... tion by their creators ' descriptions of them ? It is not as easy as it sounds . For example , here are a number of fairly precise portraits right out of a number of famous books : 1. " [ His ] jaw was long and bony , his chin a jutting ...
... tion by their creators ' descriptions of them ? It is not as easy as it sounds . For example , here are a number of fairly precise portraits right out of a number of famous books : 1. " [ His ] jaw was long and bony , his chin a jutting ...
Page 244
... tion among those inhabitants of the planet one meets in the daily round ; and well it may . It is clear , even to an elderly bibliophile , lost these many years in a library , that unless something intelligent is done about its ...
... tion among those inhabitants of the planet one meets in the daily round ; and well it may . It is clear , even to an elderly bibliophile , lost these many years in a library , that unless something intelligent is done about its ...
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