The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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... especially struck my own mind - and how presumptuous it seems to be saying this now , when I recall my struggle at school to compose an essay on ' Patriotism ' in the style of this master of eloquence ! one thing , I say , has especially ...
... especially struck my own mind - and how presumptuous it seems to be saying this now , when I recall my struggle at school to compose an essay on ' Patriotism ' in the style of this master of eloquence ! one thing , I say , has especially ...
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... especially , I like to fancy , when it is a Greek word that opens the ' magic casement ' - is to carry us away to some far - off scene , some far - off place where instead of any ordinary reassembling or regrouping of the elements of ...
... especially , I like to fancy , when it is a Greek word that opens the ' magic casement ' - is to carry us away to some far - off scene , some far - off place where instead of any ordinary reassembling or regrouping of the elements of ...
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... especially since both America and ourselves have had a taste of that invader's power - seems to us like a miracle . But if I may be permitted to regard myself , with my Welsh name , as a typical aboriginal Welshman , I seem to detect a ...
... especially since both America and ourselves have had a taste of that invader's power - seems to us like a miracle . But if I may be permitted to regard myself , with my Welsh name , as a typical aboriginal Welshman , I seem to detect a ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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