Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 325William Blackwood, 1979 - England |
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Page 87
... comfort Comfort is quite distinct from luxury . Luxury is having the morn- ing newspapers ironed before read- eting them , or breakfasting on plovers ' eggs in the rear compartment of a Rolls - Royce . Comfort is difficult to describe ...
... comfort Comfort is quite distinct from luxury . Luxury is having the morn- ing newspapers ironed before read- eting them , or breakfasting on plovers ' eggs in the rear compartment of a Rolls - Royce . Comfort is difficult to describe ...
Page 88
... comfort ' in this department became a mere shibboleth to be dispensed with triumphantly as an example of some B.R. chairman's drive for ' efficiency ' . ' Efficiency ' had already begun when the magnificent Pullman cars , the acme of ...
... comfort ' in this department became a mere shibboleth to be dispensed with triumphantly as an example of some B.R. chairman's drive for ' efficiency ' . ' Efficiency ' had already begun when the magnificent Pullman cars , the acme of ...
Page 90
... comfort . Does it not , for instance , make men and women ' soft ' ? Luxury over long periods might weaken and enfeeble the will , as the Greeks and Romans believed , but comfort , no . Certainly comfort is little esteemed in this ...
... comfort . Does it not , for instance , make men and women ' soft ' ? Luxury over long periods might weaken and enfeeble the will , as the Greeks and Romans believed , but comfort , no . Certainly comfort is little esteemed in this ...
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MANILA BY JOHN HAYLOCK 315 | 1 |
NORTH AND SOUTH 465 | 54 |
OPERATION MONKEY BY E G CHIPULINA | 160 |
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