Books and Their WritersG. Richards Limited, 1920 - 343 psl. |
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... hurry on , past the story of the marrowfats and the reason why so many American women are as flat as boards , in front and behind ( a hundred guesses would leave you as far as ever from the truth 34 BOOKS AND THEIR WRITERS.
... hurry on , past the story of the marrowfats and the reason why so many American women are as flat as boards , in front and behind ( a hundred guesses would leave you as far as ever from the truth 34 BOOKS AND THEIR WRITERS.
40 psl.
... story of his life . " I picked up a girl in London when I was twenty - not honest , but straight to me . It was no good . She went off with other men because I got tired of her : I told her she could stick to me or let me go . She ...
... story of his life . " I picked up a girl in London when I was twenty - not honest , but straight to me . It was no good . She went off with other men because I got tired of her : I told her she could stick to me or let me go . She ...
47 psl.
... story of the selfish , but entirely lovable boy , Cyril Fitzroy , is the story of the development of every man : " He affects to study women as he studies men , in the light of specimens and sometimes as works of art by an inspired hand ...
... story of the selfish , but entirely lovable boy , Cyril Fitzroy , is the story of the development of every man : " He affects to study women as he studies men , in the light of specimens and sometimes as works of art by an inspired hand ...
51 psl.
... story , to get the hang of the plot , to find some exciting incident , for all the world as if I expected some lurid " film " drama . I had to revise my method of reading . I had to learn the hard lesson that Jane Austen was not Aunt ...
... story , to get the hang of the plot , to find some exciting incident , for all the world as if I expected some lurid " film " drama . I had to revise my method of reading . I had to learn the hard lesson that Jane Austen was not Aunt ...
54 psl.
... story and create situations , but simply as a means to an end , the unfolding of character . That is , she belongs to the school of Richardson rather than to any other of her predecessors , the school which has received such an impetus ...
... story and create situations , but simply as a means to an end , the unfolding of character . That is , she belongs to the school of Richardson rather than to any other of her predecessors , the school which has received such an impetus ...
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Alice Meynell artist ballads beauty character Charlotte Brontë charm colour comes Compton Mackenzie critic Cumberland Cymbeline D. H. Lawrence delight Dorothy Richardson emotional England English essay eyes feel genius girl give happy Hearn heart Hugh Walpole human humour imagination intellectual interest J. C. Squire Jane Austen Jenny light literary literature living Lord lover married master mind Miss modern moral nature never night novelist novels pass passion play poems poet poetry prose quotes reader realise Reginald romantic Rupert Brooke Saki secret seems sense Shakespeare sing Sir Edward Cook song soul spirit story Strachey style sweet Swinburne Sylvia Scarlett talk Tennyson things thought tion true truth turn verse W. H. Davies W. J. Turner whole wife woman women wonderful words write young youth
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