Collected ProseJames Wright, Anne Wright, Edith Anne Wright A collection of Wright's essays on the language of poetry |
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Page 51
... believe , and did believe as strongly as any of you gentlemen can believe anything , that this one life would be spared . See what he is ! -Look at him ! " Barnaby had moved towards the door , and stood beckoning him to follow . " If ...
... believe , and did believe as strongly as any of you gentlemen can believe anything , that this one life would be spared . See what he is ! -Look at him ! " Barnaby had moved towards the door , and stood beckoning him to follow . " If ...
Page 98
... believe the others know , that we had found the proper moment in the proper place . On an afternoon in New York City in the year 1978 , we had come to listen and save ourselves from noise . We were damned as a matter of course to be ...
... believe the others know , that we had found the proper moment in the proper place . On an afternoon in New York City in the year 1978 , we had come to listen and save ourselves from noise . We were damned as a matter of course to be ...
Page 241
... believe that his willingness to do violence to one stage in the development of his craftsmanship is not the least of the promises which his book contains . I do not wish to argue about any of the poems in Promises which I consider at ...
... believe that his willingness to do violence to one stage in the development of his craftsmanship is not the least of the promises which his book contains . I do not wish to argue about any of the poems in Promises which I consider at ...
Contents
The Stiff Smile of Mr Warren | 239 |
The Terrible Threshold | 249 |
A Study and a Selection | 256 |
Copyright | |
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