Adventures Among Books: First[-third] Selection, Volume 2Hokuseido Press, 1950 - American literature |
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... wished very much to have an opportunity of speaking 10 to you . I've never forgotten how good you were long ago to Tom , and me too ; but I was not sure that you would remember us so well . Tom and I have had a great deal of trouble ...
... wished very much to have an opportunity of speaking 10 to you . I've never forgotten how good you were long ago to Tom , and me too ; but I was not sure that you would remember us so well . Tom and I have had a great deal of trouble ...
Page 79
... wished myself a horse . But this much , at least , with his many words , he drove into me : that self - love is better than any gilding , to make that seem gorgeous in which we ourselves are concerned . Printed , 1595 . Sir Philip ...
... wished myself a horse . But this much , at least , with his many words , he drove into me : that self - love is better than any gilding , to make that seem gorgeous in which we ourselves are concerned . Printed , 1595 . Sir Philip ...
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... wished 20 to ridicule the silly romances then so popular in Spain , unnatural imitations of the earlier romances of chivalry . The work was , at first , coldly received , but it soon met with applause , several editions 25 were called ...
... wished 20 to ridicule the silly romances then so popular in Spain , unnatural imitations of the earlier romances of chivalry . The work was , at first , coldly received , but it soon met with applause , several editions 25 were called ...
Contents
THE FUTURE | 1 |
THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS Daniel Webster | 11 |
THE PHANTOM PORTRAIT S T Coleridge | 29 |
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