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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... eye and glaucoma in both . Six months later , hospital ophthalmologist tells me that cataracts in both eyes are due to wear and tear , and there's nothing to be done about them , while the glaucoma doesn't exist . Apparently the device ...
... eye and glaucoma in both . Six months later , hospital ophthalmologist tells me that cataracts in both eyes are due to wear and tear , and there's nothing to be done about them , while the glaucoma doesn't exist . Apparently the device ...
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... eyes as I hear the thin hose being unwound ) other Lilliputian instruments . The operator sees all through an attached monocular , and may choose to distract the patient ( who needs distracting : what would happen if he started to ...
... eyes as I hear the thin hose being unwound ) other Lilliputian instruments . The operator sees all through an attached monocular , and may choose to distract the patient ( who needs distracting : what would happen if he started to ...
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... Eyes holding up pretty well ( or is it one nail driving out another ? ) . Unfortunately I can read the headlines . ' Dying woman , 71 , raped in hospital ' . ' Tall and slim , gay male , 31 , with brown hair , green eyes would like to ...
... Eyes holding up pretty well ( or is it one nail driving out another ? ) . Unfortunately I can read the headlines . ' Dying woman , 71 , raped in hospital ' . ' Tall and slim , gay male , 31 , with brown hair , green eyes would like to ...
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