The Essay: A Critical AnthologyJohn Lincoln Stewart Essays for both the student and the general reader, with comment by the editor. |
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... once you let yourself get into a spiral , to recover again instead of " turn - tightening " your- self into a corkscrew . Fortunately , this trouble does not always become quite so catastrophic . More often it means merely an annoying ...
... once you let yourself get into a spiral , to recover again instead of " turn - tightening " your- self into a corkscrew . Fortunately , this trouble does not always become quite so catastrophic . More often it means merely an annoying ...
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... once had the secondary meaning of " politically equal , " or that free had once meant " intellectually free , " than , for instance , a person who had never heard of chess would be aware of the secondary meanings attaching to queen and ...
... once had the secondary meaning of " politically equal , " or that free had once meant " intellectually free , " than , for instance , a person who had never heard of chess would be aware of the secondary meanings attaching to queen and ...
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... once seemed that any educated or even reasonable shrewd person should confess that he believed in ghosts . You must be nearly the Oldest Inhabitant to know with what solid scorn and certainty the squire and the parson denied the ...
... once seemed that any educated or even reasonable shrewd person should confess that he believed in ghosts . You must be nearly the Oldest Inhabitant to know with what solid scorn and certainty the squire and the parson denied the ...
Contents
Introductory Comment | 3 |
When Conan Doyle Was Sherlock Holmes JOHN DICKSON CARR | 11 |
New England Xanadu SIGMUND DIAMOND | 32 |
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