The Letters of John Cowper Powys to Sven-Erik Täckmark |
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... tongues , as opposed to his familiarity with the master- pieces of European literature , we may find ourselves at sea , not least because we are faced by John Cowper's own reiterated belittlement of his skill as a linguist . Sometimes ...
... tongues , as opposed to his familiarity with the master- pieces of European literature , we may find ourselves at sea , not least because we are faced by John Cowper's own reiterated belittlement of his skill as a linguist . Sometimes ...
Page 47
... tongue all right ! & you'll never lose them just as we never forget to swim or to skate ! What would you feel like if you became like the great & unequalled Henry James a naturalized British subject ? I wonder if with all before you ...
... tongue all right ! & you'll never lose them just as we never forget to swim or to skate ! What would you feel like if you became like the great & unequalled Henry James a naturalized British subject ? I wonder if with all before you ...
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... tongue & all its undulations & reverberations . The English are a very poetical race and what strike Americans as affectations are an almost morbid & almost Keatsian awareness of the modulations of the voice . Well ! all my margins are ...
... tongue & all its undulations & reverberations . The English are a very poetical race and what strike Americans as affectations are an almost morbid & almost Keatsian awareness of the modulations of the voice . Well ! all my margins are ...
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