The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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... young bosoms ' , or as we say , of ' young spirits in withered frames ' , has become proverbial . Indeed I would go so far as to say that the expression ' second child- hood ' , with its rather pitiful implication , might well be given ...
... young bosoms ' , or as we say , of ' young spirits in withered frames ' , has become proverbial . Indeed I would go so far as to say that the expression ' second child- hood ' , with its rather pitiful implication , might well be given ...
Page 135
... young children but boys and girls , youths and maidens , turn away , like the young boy in Proust , from their parents to their grand - parents ? Because these latter have time to listen ! Yes , we can arrange it so that the whole ...
... young children but boys and girls , youths and maidens , turn away , like the young boy in Proust , from their parents to their grand - parents ? Because these latter have time to listen ! Yes , we can arrange it so that the whole ...
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... young people of China , or at least the young people belonging to the reborn Chinese Democracy that under the present government has fought Japan all these years , appear to be passionate students from their birth . For what is it to be ...
... young people of China , or at least the young people belonging to the reborn Chinese Democracy that under the present government has fought Japan all these years , appear to be passionate students from their birth . For what is it to be ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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