Adventures Among Books: First[-third] Selection, Volume 2Hokuseido Press, 1950 - American literature |
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First[-third] Selection Edmund Blunden Ichirō Nishizaki. the possessors is to give them an additional Christian name , by ... give a child the name of a favourite hero or heroine is also a good thing . A boy , christened after Alfred the ...
First[-third] Selection Edmund Blunden Ichirō Nishizaki. the possessors is to give them an additional Christian name , by ... give a child the name of a favourite hero or heroine is also a good thing . A boy , christened after Alfred the ...
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... give great professional names - as that of Michael Angelo to a boy intended for an artist , or Shakespeare to one that is meant to be literary . If the youth does not turn out clever his name becomes a bur- lesque ; and if he should be ...
... give great professional names - as that of Michael Angelo to a boy intended for an artist , or Shakespeare to one that is meant to be literary . If the youth does not turn out clever his name becomes a bur- lesque ; and if he should be ...
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... give up sugar , towards saving the expense of his keep , if he might stay . It was hardest for Sandy , because he was particu- 25 larly fond of sweet things ; but then he was particularly fond of Perronet . So we all gave up sugar , and ...
... give up sugar , towards saving the expense of his keep , if he might stay . It was hardest for Sandy , because he was particu- 25 larly fond of sweet things ; but then he was particularly fond of Perronet . So we all gave up sugar , and ...
Contents
THE FUTURE | 1 |
THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS Daniel Webster | 11 |
THE PHANTOM PORTRAIT S T Coleridge | 29 |
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