Tuesday, December 12, 2023

 

Breakfast Reading

George Gissing (1857-1903), Workers in the Dawn, Vol. I, Chap. II ("The Rectory"):
A newspaper lay on the table, which had apparently not yet been opened, but an exquisite little copy of Horace formed his companion at breakfast instead, which he perused with a languid pleasure through his gold-rimmed eye-glasses.
Charles Spencelayh (1865-1958), Morning Chapter:

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 11:13 AM


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