The National Review, Volume 128W.H. Allen, 1947 - English literature |
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Page 196
... perhaps fifty , perhaps a hundred years . All the time we have been boasting of the wonders of the machine age and the irresistible march of civilisation forward from strength to strength , civil- isation has been getting more and more ...
... perhaps fifty , perhaps a hundred years . All the time we have been boasting of the wonders of the machine age and the irresistible march of civilisation forward from strength to strength , civil- isation has been getting more and more ...
Page 226
... Perhaps he never knew quite what he was doing . Perhaps he was , as far as he knew , an impressionist , rendering with loving and exasperated care the vision presented to his physical eye . Perhaps he really believed that Razumov the ...
... Perhaps he never knew quite what he was doing . Perhaps he was , as far as he knew , an impressionist , rendering with loving and exasperated care the vision presented to his physical eye . Perhaps he really believed that Razumov the ...
Page 361
... perhaps it would be truer to say that such a study clarifies the logical use of a living language . Of one thing I'm very sure it can never dis- pense with the need for learning English grammar , any more than it can dispense with the ...
... perhaps it would be truer to say that such a study clarifies the logical use of a living language . Of one thing I'm very sure it can never dis- pense with the need for learning English grammar , any more than it can dispense with the ...
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