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... things in oneness . Within the larger contrasting elements , the details and devices are carefully chosen for consistency of pictorial and tonal effect , as has already been pointed out with reference to the singing and the hands of the ...
... things in oneness . Within the larger contrasting elements , the details and devices are carefully chosen for consistency of pictorial and tonal effect , as has already been pointed out with reference to the singing and the hands of the ...
Page 543
... things seem to be growing younger ; growing fresher and more lively than we once supposed them to be . We begin to see significance , or ( in other words ) to see life , in a large number of traditions , institutions , maxims , and ...
... things seem to be growing younger ; growing fresher and more lively than we once supposed them to be . We begin to see significance , or ( in other words ) to see life , in a large number of traditions , institutions , maxims , and ...
Page 545
... things . The thing was a dead maxim when we were alive with youth . It becomes a liv- ing maxim when we are nearer to death . Even as we are dying , the whole world is coming to life . Another paradox is this : that it is not the young ...
... things . The thing was a dead maxim when we were alive with youth . It becomes a liv- ing maxim when we are nearer to death . Even as we are dying , the whole world is coming to life . Another paradox is this : that it is not the young ...
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Introductory Comment | 3 |
When Conan Doyle Was Sherlock Holmes JOHN DICKSON CARR | 11 |
New England Xanadu SIGMUND DIAMOND | 32 |
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