Word: eye
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...following estimates of books much in the public eye were made after careful consideration of the trend of critical opinion...
Fortunately there lives a man to keep the fires of controversy burning. Mr. Frank Swinnerton, well known British author and--be it remembered--friend of Sir James, has come over here with his tongue in his cheek and mischief in his eye, bearing a confirmation of faith for all wavering Ashfordites. Mr. Swinnerton has been well coached. His account of the origin of the "Young Visiters" coincides in all important respects with that of its distinguished, though whimsical, sponsor. According to his own statement, Mr. Swinnerton received the manuscript from a friend of Daisy Ashford's while...
...that the author has done the best he could, laboring under the thesis that all American writers have been liars. This preconceived notion is unfortunate; it has led him to see only some of the works of a few of our writers, and those with a beam in his eye. He has not considered much of the finest American literature...
...following estimates of books much in the public eye were made after careful consideration of the trend of critical opinion...
Queen Victoria. Every now and again a biographical play comes along and settles comfortably in the center of the bull's-eye. Then for a space a mass of playwrights whose aspirations exceed their acumen present passing glimpses of every spectacular individual in the terrestrial pageant. Usually the results are terrible. Notable exceptions are Disraeli, Abraham Lincoln, Queen Victoria...