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... turn to our essayists of today for inspiration and enter- tainment . A study of either the older or the contemporary writers is obviously insufficient as a study of the essay . The newer writers are more lively , more entertaining , and ...
... turn to our essayists of today for inspiration and enter- tainment . A study of either the older or the contemporary writers is obviously insufficient as a study of the essay . The newer writers are more lively , more entertaining , and ...
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... turn , the punishment imposed by solemn and approved dementia . Why should not the War go on till the earth in final Victory turns to the moon the pock - scarred and pallid mask which the moon turns to us ? I was looking , later this ...
... turn , the punishment imposed by solemn and approved dementia . Why should not the War go on till the earth in final Victory turns to the moon the pock - scarred and pallid mask which the moon turns to us ? I was looking , later this ...
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... turn about . A conversation should not be a market where one sells and another buys . Rather , it should be a bargaining back and forth , and each person should be both merchant and buyer . My rubber plant for your victrola , each ...
... turn about . A conversation should not be a market where one sells and another buys . Rather , it should be a bargaining back and forth , and each person should be both merchant and buyer . My rubber plant for your victrola , each ...
Contents
ON GOING A JOURNEY William Hazlitt | 7 |
HOLIDAY John Galsworthy | 18 |
OF FRIENDSHIP Francis Bacon | 25 |
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