Fisher's Ghost, and Other EssaysF.W. Cheshire, 1950 - 208 pages |
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Page 75
... come late , and in those " days of many letters , " as he put it , he expressed fatigue . After her husband's death ... comes to mind , but Henry Handel Richardson is if anything the more economical in speech 75 HENRY HANDEL RICHARDSON.
... come late , and in those " days of many letters , " as he put it , he expressed fatigue . After her husband's death ... comes to mind , but Henry Handel Richardson is if anything the more economical in speech 75 HENRY HANDEL RICHARDSON.
Page 103
... comes , this time into " those who acquiesce and those who growl . " He is on the side of the growlers because he remembers what civilisation owes to them— “ If it had not been for some unpopular , disgruntled cave- dweller , I should ...
... comes , this time into " those who acquiesce and those who growl . " He is on the side of the growlers because he remembers what civilisation owes to them— “ If it had not been for some unpopular , disgruntled cave- dweller , I should ...
Page 197
... comes that Sea - Fever is better known than August , 1914 . Just as Gallipoli was the greatest English prose work of the first world war , so August , 1914 , was its greatest poem . It begins with the description of a quiet English ...
... comes that Sea - Fever is better known than August , 1914 . Just as Gallipoli was the greatest English prose work of the first world war , so August , 1914 , was its greatest poem . It begins with the description of a quiet English ...
Contents
FISHERS GHOSTTWO SIDELIGHTS | 1 |
THAT WORD AGAIN | 16 |
THE ESSENTIAL MURDOCH | 33 |
Copyright | |
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