Injury Time: A MemoirPimlico, 2003 - 183 páginas D.J. Enright died soon after putting the finishing touches to this memoir and commonplace book in which he muses upon his own condition and that of the world he knows he is leaving. With humanity and wit, he contemplates literature, manners, morals, people and the English language. |
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... one's declining years . ) And then ' feint ' , surely a good omen ; defined in the dictionaries as ruled paper ' with inconspicuous lines to guide writing ' - i.e. discreet inspiration . C. H. Sisson has a poem , ' Looking at Old Note ...
... one's declining years . ) And then ' feint ' , surely a good omen ; defined in the dictionaries as ruled paper ' with inconspicuous lines to guide writing ' - i.e. discreet inspiration . C. H. Sisson has a poem , ' Looking at Old Note ...
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... one's reading becomes more selective . Untrue , in my experience . Except in this respect : one can't reach books stacked on the top shelves , one daren't lower oneself to those on the bottom shelves , heavy books are out of the ...
... one's reading becomes more selective . Untrue , in my experience . Except in this respect : one can't reach books stacked on the top shelves , one daren't lower oneself to those on the bottom shelves , heavy books are out of the ...
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... one's private doings , when the only real protection is a life wholly dull and uninteresting , is like putting a finger in the dike . Sooner or later the insatiable public appetite for gossip bursts through . ' Even that ' real ...
... one's private doings , when the only real protection is a life wholly dull and uninteresting , is like putting a finger in the dike . Sooner or later the insatiable public appetite for gossip bursts through . ' Even that ' real ...
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appears asked believe better British called comes common course critic culture death described desire doctor don't doubt dream English Enright expression eyes face fact feel German getting give hand happened head hear hope hospital human it's keep knowledge language later least less literary literature living look matter means mention mind moving nature never newspaper novel nurse offered once one's Oxford perhaps person Play poem poet poetry present Professor published question reader reason reported respect reviewer seems sense someone soul sound speak story suggests suppose talk tell there's things thought translator true turn understand University wife wish woman wonder word writing written young
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An Introduction to Moral Philosophy and Moral Education Robin Barrow Sin vista previa disponible - 2007 |