The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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Page 123
... passionate madness of love enables us to work miracles of unity , there are bound to arise those unreasoning ' lovers ... passion of love is illuminated by the forked lightning of the impossible ; but a less spectacular , though it may ...
... passionate madness of love enables us to work miracles of unity , there are bound to arise those unreasoning ' lovers ... passion of love is illuminated by the forked lightning of the impossible ; but a less spectacular , though it may ...
Page 150
... passions they are dull . This is a fact that cannot be gainsaid . Their unqualified fluidity , trans- parency and ... passion and self - pity , that the atmosphere is denuded of the electricity to which we are accustomed . Their ...
... passions they are dull . This is a fact that cannot be gainsaid . Their unqualified fluidity , trans- parency and ... passion and self - pity , that the atmosphere is denuded of the electricity to which we are accustomed . Their ...
Page 203
... passion- ately sensitized to the tremors and quivers and vibrations of life , and to the fainter airs , rarer intimations , less ponderable waftures of its pure essence ; and I am prepared to accept , and not qualify at all , but to ...
... passion- ately sensitized to the tremors and quivers and vibrations of life , and to the fainter airs , rarer intimations , less ponderable waftures of its pure essence ; and I am prepared to accept , and not qualify at all , but to ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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