A Little Learning: The First Volume of an AutobiographyChapman & Hall, 1964 - 234 pages |
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... seldom accorded to me in my professional life ; all , today , quite forgotten . It seemed I had taken a little hop in the Time Machine and had seen displayed before me the futility of contemporary esteem . I longed for the loan of the ...
... seldom accorded to me in my professional life ; all , today , quite forgotten . It seemed I had taken a little hop in the Time Machine and had seen displayed before me the futility of contemporary esteem . I longed for the loan of the ...
Page 43
... seldom kept in bed . My few trivial illnesses are not in retrospect associated with any kind of suffering ; they were treats . When my temperature rose above 99 ° I was given a kind of delicious aspic jelly known as ' Brand's Essence ...
... seldom kept in bed . My few trivial illnesses are not in retrospect associated with any kind of suffering ; they were treats . When my temperature rose above 99 ° I was given a kind of delicious aspic jelly known as ' Brand's Essence ...
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... seldom appeals to youth – but nothing less will do . . . You must have sufficient light to know of the day of small things that surround you when you are at School or at home . If you despise them darkness will come not light . It is ...
... seldom appeals to youth – but nothing less will do . . . You must have sufficient light to know of the day of small things that surround you when you are at School or at home . If you despise them darkness will come not light . It is ...
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