The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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Page 56
... reader's atten- tion with me and to convince him of the truth of what I am trying to put into words ; for not only is it the key to my present argument but from my own point of view it is the underground Dam to the whole mysterious ...
... reader's atten- tion with me and to convince him of the truth of what I am trying to put into words ; for not only is it the key to my present argument but from my own point of view it is the underground Dam to the whole mysterious ...
Page 127
... reader may well be stirred to expostulate , ' be more hypocritical and even more monstrous than thus deliberately to associate the pain of others with our enjoyment ? Can there not be detected in it a tincture , if no more , of that ...
... reader may well be stirred to expostulate , ' be more hypocritical and even more monstrous than thus deliberately to associate the pain of others with our enjoyment ? Can there not be detected in it a tincture , if no more , of that ...
Page 151
... reader who is ' out ' , as we say , to get a thrilling sensation they prove disappointing . Their emotional subject - matter is old too , as well as eternally buoyant and fresh , and on both these counts they make a special appeal to ...
... reader who is ' out ' , as we say , to get a thrilling sensation they prove disappointing . Their emotional subject - matter is old too , as well as eternally buoyant and fresh , and on both these counts they make a special appeal to ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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