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... old Adventures among Books , which now recognise in you the foster father of such literary " dalts . ” Sincerely yours , ST . ANDREWS , February 9 , 1905 . A. LANG . PREFACE OF the Essays in this volume " Adventures among.
... old Adventures among Books , which now recognise in you the foster father of such literary " dalts . ” Sincerely yours , ST . ANDREWS , February 9 , 1905 . A. LANG . PREFACE OF the Essays in this volume " Adventures among.
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... is familiar to me , and also Mr. Sydney Scraper , of the Oxford and Cambridge Club . Perhaps back- kitchens exist , perhaps there are cakes and ale in the life literary , and F. B. may take his walks by 14 ADVENTURES AMONG BOOKS.
... is familiar to me , and also Mr. Sydney Scraper , of the Oxford and Cambridge Club . Perhaps back- kitchens exist , perhaps there are cakes and ale in the life literary , and F. B. may take his walks by 14 ADVENTURES AMONG BOOKS.
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... literary life is very like any other , in London , or is it that we do not see it aright , not having the eyes of genius ? Well , a life on the ocean wave , too , may not be so desirable as it seems in Marryat's novels : so many a lad ...
... literary life is very like any other , in London , or is it that we do not see it aright , not having the eyes of genius ? Well , a life on the ocean wave , too , may not be so desirable as it seems in Marryat's novels : so many a lad ...
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... literary pleasure can equal . Then there is to be added , as the university preacher observed , " the pleasure of despising our fellow - creatures who do not know Greek . " Doubtless in that there is great consolation . It would be ...
... literary pleasure can equal . Then there is to be added , as the university preacher observed , " the pleasure of despising our fellow - creatures who do not know Greek . " Doubtless in that there is great consolation . It would be ...
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... about our first loves in books there can be no mistake . They were , and remain , the dearest of all ; after boyhood the bloom is off the literary rye . The first parcel of these garrulities ended when the author ADVENTURES AMONG BOOKS 23.
... about our first loves in books there can be no mistake . They were , and remain , the dearest of all ; after boyhood the bloom is off the literary rye . The first parcel of these garrulities ended when the author ADVENTURES AMONG BOOKS 23.
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