Wordstruck: A MemoirViking, 1989 - Всего страниц: 230 MacNeil's autobiography re-creates the world of his youth and the experiences that were opened up to him through his love of words. His delight and passion for the music and magic of language, have enabled MacNeil to transmute it into a work of art. Photos. |
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... British or Canadian ships in port . They included great battleships like the Royal Navy's Revenge . When I was on a private tour of Revenge one day , a British sailor took me into one of the forward turrets with its 15 - inch guns . He ...
... British or Canadian ships in port . They included great battleships like the Royal Navy's Revenge . When I was on a private tour of Revenge one day , a British sailor took me into one of the forward turrets with its 15 - inch guns . He ...
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... British , and spoke with a particular British accent , helped to give Britishness and that accent enormous prestige around the world - in German - occupied lands and elsewhere , but es- pecially in the British Empire . It is ironic that ...
... British , and spoke with a particular British accent , helped to give Britishness and that accent enormous prestige around the world - in German - occupied lands and elsewhere , but es- pecially in the British Empire . It is ironic that ...
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... British children , with so much to endure , needed cheering up by their colonial cousins . Four of us , Wolf Cubs , went to the CBC studios in Halifax , stood around a floor microphone , and sang songs to put heart into British Scouts ...
... British children , with so much to endure , needed cheering up by their colonial cousins . Four of us , Wolf Cubs , went to the CBC studios in Halifax , stood around a floor microphone , and sang songs to put heart into British Scouts ...
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