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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... face- tious firecrackers , teeming with metaphor - never merely work- aday prose . When David and Traddles are seated at the Waterbrooks ' dinner party , they are not merely placed or seated beside certain ladies but billeted into two ...
... face- tious firecrackers , teeming with metaphor - never merely work- aday prose . When David and Traddles are seated at the Waterbrooks ' dinner party , they are not merely placed or seated beside certain ladies but billeted into two ...
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... face . To let us enjoy the effect , they rehearsed when Hugh and I visited the ship . The same system played " McNamara's Band " full blast when the ship entered Londonderry or Belfast at the end of a convoy . The Germans we saw in the ...
... face . To let us enjoy the effect , they rehearsed when Hugh and I visited the ship . The same system played " McNamara's Band " full blast when the ship entered Londonderry or Belfast at the end of a convoy . The Germans we saw in the ...
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... face . I could never fight until I got really mad , and it finally happened with MacLaughlin : I jammed my hand under his chin , making his teeth click to- gether , kicked my knee into his stomach , and rolled over in the snow ...
... face . I could never fight until I got really mad , and it finally happened with MacLaughlin : I jammed my hand under his chin , making his teeth click to- gether , kicked my knee into his stomach , and rolled over in the snow ...
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