Injury Time: A MemoirPimlico, 2003 - 183 Seiten 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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... comes from an Aryan root gheu , to invoke , adding that ' it is in no way connected with good ' . Nice to have an authoritative ruling . That God doesn't exist , or died some while back , is no excuse . ' God is the only being who , to ...
... comes from an Aryan root gheu , to invoke , adding that ' it is in no way connected with good ' . Nice to have an authoritative ruling . That God doesn't exist , or died some while back , is no excuse . ' God is the only being who , to ...
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... comes from the unclear way I think . ' My horoscope announces : ' As Mercury , planet of communica- tion , links ... come about because Henrietta was anxious to be someone , and never failed to be greatly impressed when anyone uttered a ...
... comes from the unclear way I think . ' My horoscope announces : ' As Mercury , planet of communica- tion , links ... come about because Henrietta was anxious to be someone , and never failed to be greatly impressed when anyone uttered a ...
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... come out with the answer , to the nearest hour , at the drop of a stethoscope . My turn comes , and he fixes his unwavering gaze on my decrepit person . I search desperately for something innocuous , totally unprovocative , to say , and ...
... come out with the answer , to the nearest hour , at the drop of a stethoscope . My turn comes , and he fixes his unwavering gaze on my decrepit person . I search desperately for something innocuous , totally unprovocative , to say , and ...
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