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... common to reading , writing and resting . It is better not to eat in it , though many a great scholar has done this too . The first condition is air ; the second is light - sun- light if you can get it , artificial light if you cannot ...
... common to reading , writing and resting . It is better not to eat in it , though many a great scholar has done this too . The first condition is air ; the second is light - sun- light if you can get it , artificial light if you cannot ...
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... common sense . If we cannot bring our- selves to believe that our state of society is founded in common sense , we shall never be able fully to appreciate the contrasts which Humour , or the Comic spirit , per- ceives and lays bare for ...
... common sense . If we cannot bring our- selves to believe that our state of society is founded in common sense , we shall never be able fully to appreciate the contrasts which Humour , or the Comic spirit , per- ceives and lays bare for ...
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... common sense shall depend common nonsense . In the foregoing I see some kind of an answer to a question that has often puzzled me , but it is not a com- plete answer : I cannot explain to myself satisfactorily why all humour or comedy ...
... common sense shall depend common nonsense . In the foregoing I see some kind of an answer to a question that has often puzzled me , but it is not a com- plete answer : I cannot explain to myself satisfactorily why all humour or comedy ...
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Foreword page | 1 |
Books and Their Uses | 15 |
Memoirs and Biographies | 41 |
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