Conversations and jokes together, mutual rendering of good … - Robertson Davies

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Conversations and jokes together, mutual rendering of good services, the reading together of sweetly phrased books, the sharing of nonsense and mutual attentions.

Robertson Davies

The Rebel Angels · 1983 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Robertson Davies CC (August 28 1913 – December 2 1995) was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist and professor.

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Alternative Names: William Robertson Davies

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