Fisher's Ghost, and Other EssaysF.W. Cheshire, 1950 - 208 pages |
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Page 135
... London theatres , but expressly exempts one play , The Jew , from his summary condemnation , for repre- senting " the greediness of worldly chusers and bloody minds of usurers " . Marlowe pandered to popular prejudice no less in his ...
... London theatres , but expressly exempts one play , The Jew , from his summary condemnation , for repre- senting " the greediness of worldly chusers and bloody minds of usurers " . Marlowe pandered to popular prejudice no less in his ...
Page 149
... London forty years ago were asked what they would like to see first Westminster Abbey or the Tower of London . They unanimously declared that they would prefer to go to Baker Street and see the house in which were the rooms of Mr ...
... London forty years ago were asked what they would like to see first Westminster Abbey or the Tower of London . They unanimously declared that they would prefer to go to Baker Street and see the house in which were the rooms of Mr ...
Page 190
... London with the intention of " com- mencing author " . He took obscure lodgings near the Strand , dined perforce most frugally , and after several refusals , secured literary employment with Cave , the bookseller , for whose Gentleman's ...
... London with the intention of " com- mencing author " . He took obscure lodgings near the Strand , dined perforce most frugally , and after several refusals , secured literary employment with Cave , the bookseller , for whose Gentleman's ...
Contents
FISHERS GHOSTTWO SIDELIGHTS | 1 |
THAT WORD AGAIN | 16 |
THE ESSENTIAL MURDOCH | 33 |
Copyright | |
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