The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 181George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1974 |
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Page 102
... interests to ' get on ' . That's what I hated . And it was so unarguable . It was so obviously not in my interest not to ' get on ' . Most of all I hated the selection process , the reduction of life into numbers . The psychology tests ...
... interests to ' get on ' . That's what I hated . And it was so unarguable . It was so obviously not in my interest not to ' get on ' . Most of all I hated the selection process , the reduction of life into numbers . The psychology tests ...
Page 144
... interest in classical antiquity was still at its height , her style was too formed to be greatly affected . In 1792 , unable to return home , she decided to go on to Vienna whose cosmopolitan gaiety she much enjoyed and where she ...
... interest in classical antiquity was still at its height , her style was too formed to be greatly affected . In 1792 , unable to return home , she decided to go on to Vienna whose cosmopolitan gaiety she much enjoyed and where she ...
Page 158
... interest in them can only have been intensified by pleasure in the beauty and good looks of so many among them . It is perhaps Madane Le Brun's description of the private life of Catherine II that is of especial interest : " This woman ...
... interest in them can only have been intensified by pleasure in the beauty and good looks of so many among them . It is perhaps Madane Le Brun's description of the private life of Catherine II that is of especial interest : " This woman ...
Contents
POEMS translated by Graeme Wilson | 28 |
PRISONER by Elizabeth Jennings | 53 |
JOHN MURRAY 50 ALBEMARLE STREET LONDON W1X | 75 |
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