Story of a Life: In that dawnHarvill P., 1967 |
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Page 51
... gave a lecture on the history of books - it was a poem , a poem of praise . Books , he said , are the sole repository of human thought , its only vehicle of transmission from century to century , from generation to generation . They ...
... gave a lecture on the history of books - it was a poem , a poem of praise . Books , he said , are the sole repository of human thought , its only vehicle of transmission from century to century , from generation to generation . They ...
Page 122
... gave a little light . I took a piece of bread and a chunk of stale salami out of my knapsack , and started to eat . The orderly on duty came up to me a little man with sharp eyes , a face criss - crossed with white scars , and a woman's ...
... gave a little light . I took a piece of bread and a chunk of stale salami out of my knapsack , and started to eat . The orderly on duty came up to me a little man with sharp eyes , a face criss - crossed with white scars , and a woman's ...
Page 169
... feeling it gave me , of safety coexisting with danger . The danger was there , lying in wait just outside the metal wicket scarcely a quarter of an inch thick . Open the wicket , cross the threshold - and you 169 Puff Pastry.
... feeling it gave me , of safety coexisting with danger . The danger was there , lying in wait just outside the metal wicket scarcely a quarter of an inch thick . Open the wicket , cross the threshold - and you 169 Puff Pastry.
Contents
Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
Copyright | |
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