Development: A NovelA loosely fictionalized autobiographical novel which takes Nancy--Bryher's fictional self--from her earliest conscious memories at the age of three or so to her first visit to the Scilly Isles around the age of 17. |
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... ) That at her own actual age had begun a career which , but for the cupidity of an effeminate Carthage , might have changed the story of the world , the audacity of that march through an undis- covered country 22 DEVELOPMENT.
... ) That at her own actual age had begun a career which , but for the cupidity of an effeminate Carthage , might have changed the story of the world , the audacity of that march through an undis- covered country 22 DEVELOPMENT.
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... Carthage , were in themselves picturesque . There was a richness in the word mercenaries which appealed to her imagination as she watched in thought Numidian cavalry , wrapt in lion skins and quick as a southern lizard ; that primitive ...
... Carthage , were in themselves picturesque . There was a richness in the word mercenaries which appealed to her imagination as she watched in thought Numidian cavalry , wrapt in lion skins and quick as a southern lizard ; that primitive ...
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... Carthage was a great city . " Then she jumped quickly into her bed again , into the warm softness of the sheets , and closed her eyes , dreaming . CHAPTER III HIEROGLYPHICS HURRIED days in Naples , a sudden 25 HISTORY.
... Carthage was a great city . " Then she jumped quickly into her bed again , into the warm softness of the sheets , and closed her eyes , dreaming . CHAPTER III HIEROGLYPHICS HURRIED days in Naples , a sudden 25 HISTORY.
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... Carthage crumbled to a colour , a savour of mightiness , essence of parchment , of amber and cinnamon . The opaque pearl of stillness is shattered by clumsy- vowelled Arabic . A sais passes , bronze figure escaped into life , racing in ...
... Carthage crumbled to a colour , a savour of mightiness , essence of parchment , of amber and cinnamon . The opaque pearl of stillness is shattered by clumsy- vowelled Arabic . A sais passes , bronze figure escaped into life , racing in ...
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... had lived on the memory of a former greatness when Carthage was a young city and Rome a waste of marshes . They passed the great wall , Rameses in his chariot , on till they could look across the isles 35 HIEROGLYPHICS.
... had lived on the memory of a former greatness when Carthage was a young city and Rome a waste of marshes . They passed the great wall , Rameses in his chariot , on till they could look across the isles 35 HIEROGLYPHICS.
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