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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... ( suggesting there is little to be said about the book ) , and ' literate ' ( suggesting there is nothing at all to be said ) . To which one could add this more elaborate eulogy of The Times ' book of the week ' : ' Forget the graphic sex ...
... ( suggesting there is little to be said about the book ) , and ' literate ' ( suggesting there is nothing at all to be said ) . To which one could add this more elaborate eulogy of The Times ' book of the week ' : ' Forget the graphic sex ...
Seite 85
... suggests that the worst torment of all is that the inhabitants of hell are forced to endure their pains with complete calm – they cannot avoid hearing how in paradise the just are growing fat ; they are deprived of that last impeccable ...
... suggests that the worst torment of all is that the inhabitants of hell are forced to endure their pains with complete calm – they cannot avoid hearing how in paradise the just are growing fat ; they are deprived of that last impeccable ...
Seite 155
... suggests , if that isn't putting it too strongly , is that something comes after something else - as indeed most things do . And , as if expressly so designed , the clean contrary of Arnold's programme . On a more mundane level : ' What ...
... suggests , if that isn't putting it too strongly , is that something comes after something else - as indeed most things do . And , as if expressly so designed , the clean contrary of Arnold's programme . On a more mundane level : ' What ...
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