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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... heard about Defoe's place in the social history of England that what I absorbed so avidly was really an exemplar of right values a model for the emerging British middle class - God- fearing , devout , honest , hard - working , sober ...
... heard about Defoe's place in the social history of England that what I absorbed so avidly was really an exemplar of right values a model for the emerging British middle class - God- fearing , devout , honest , hard - working , sober ...
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... heard his voice , with its extraordinary resonance and richness . Do not go gentle into that good night , Old age should burn and rave at close of day ; Rage , rage against the dying of the light . I listened as though my whole body ...
... heard his voice , with its extraordinary resonance and richness . Do not go gentle into that good night , Old age should burn and rave at close of day ; Rage , rage against the dying of the light . I listened as though my whole body ...
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... heard the wartime voice of Churchill , and at Christmas everyone stopped eating turkey and plum pudding to listen to the hesitant tones of the new King , George , trying to control his stammer . My mother always defended him hotly ...
... heard the wartime voice of Churchill , and at Christmas everyone stopped eating turkey and plum pudding to listen to the hesitant tones of the new King , George , trying to control his stammer . My mother always defended him hotly ...
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