An Angel at My Table: The Complete AutobiographyAutobiografie van de Nieuwzeelandse schrijfster die na een reeks moeilijke jaren haar wil om te schrijven zag overwinnen. |
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... words , believing from the beginning that words meant what they said . I was slightly puzzled that there should be a railway maga- zine in the house when we children were forbidden to go near the magazine . And when I sang ' God Save ...
... words , believing from the beginning that words meant what they said . I was slightly puzzled that there should be a railway maga- zine in the house when we children were forbidden to go near the magazine . And when I sang ' God Save ...
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... words was formal . Words were to be sought and explained and not used for ' airy - fairy ' pur- poses , and although he was proud that I was writing poetry , his special interest was in letting others know and in hoping it might win ...
... words was formal . Words were to be sought and explained and not used for ' airy - fairy ' pur- poses , and although he was proud that I was writing poetry , his special interest was in letting others know and in hoping it might win ...
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... words in my poem but being used , in the end , because they were the words of ' poetry ' , and because poetry emphasised what was romantic ( dim , ineffable , little , old , grey ) I felt that I was well on the way to becoming and being ...
... words in my poem but being used , in the end , because they were the words of ' poetry ' , and because poetry emphasised what was romantic ( dim , ineffable , little , old , grey ) I felt that I was well on the way to becoming and being ...
Contents
In the Second Place | 7 |
In Velvet Gown | 10 |
The Railway People | 14 |
Copyright | |
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