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Page vii
... hope that readers will enjoy some of its pages as much as I enjoy all of them . These authors did not write to reform the world ; they wrote for fun . This is the literature of pleasure . During the World War , when travelling on what ...
... hope that readers will enjoy some of its pages as much as I enjoy all of them . These authors did not write to reform the world ; they wrote for fun . This is the literature of pleasure . During the World War , when travelling on what ...
Page 537
... hope to live within two Methuselas of Hector . And therefore restlesse inquietude for the diuturnity of our memories unto present considerations , seems a vanity almost out of date , and superannuated peece of folly . We cannot hope to ...
... hope to live within two Methuselas of Hector . And therefore restlesse inquietude for the diuturnity of our memories unto present considerations , seems a vanity almost out of date , and superannuated peece of folly . We cannot hope to ...
Page 664
... hope no attempt will be made to suggest that we have lacked support . Good - bye to you and your dear kind wife . Yours ever sincerely , R. SCOTT . To Vice - Admiral Sir Francis Charles Bridgeman , K.C.V.O. , K.C.B. MY DEAR SIR FRANCIS ...
... hope no attempt will be made to suggest that we have lacked support . Good - bye to you and your dear kind wife . Yours ever sincerely , R. SCOTT . To Vice - Admiral Sir Francis Charles Bridgeman , K.C.V.O. , K.C.B. MY DEAR SIR FRANCIS ...
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