Fisher's Ghost, and Other EssaysF.W. Cheshire, 1950 - 208 pages |
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... head , when behold ! It turns out to be nothing but a stone figure cut on the front of the building - probably a gargoyle . What misled the hero was a bunch of cobweb attached to the " crocodile " which waved in the wind like a moving ...
... head , when behold ! It turns out to be nothing but a stone figure cut on the front of the building - probably a gargoyle . What misled the hero was a bunch of cobweb attached to the " crocodile " which waved in the wind like a moving ...
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Louis Augustus Triebel. plunges head foremost into the deep vat . She yells for him to drag her out , whilst he ... heads fitted only too closely the caps fashioned with so much wit . One or two glimpses of Molière's farcical mirth In Le ...
Louis Augustus Triebel. plunges head foremost into the deep vat . She yells for him to drag her out , whilst he ... heads fitted only too closely the caps fashioned with so much wit . One or two glimpses of Molière's farcical mirth In Le ...
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... head when finding its feet . Blatant bards command the applause of the gallery by playing to coarse acquisitive appetites . Better honest failure than tainted triumph . Newbolt's England was often successful , but never vulgar , and his ...
... head when finding its feet . Blatant bards command the applause of the gallery by playing to coarse acquisitive appetites . Better honest failure than tainted triumph . Newbolt's England was often successful , but never vulgar , and his ...
Contents
FISHERS GHOSTTWO SIDELIGHTS | 1 |
THAT WORD AGAIN | 16 |
THE ESSENTIAL MURDOCH | 33 |
Copyright | |
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