The Philosopher's PupilChatto & Windus, 1983 - 576 pàgines In the healing waters of Ennistone the townspeople seek health and regeneration, righteousness and ritual cleansing. To this town of subterranean inspiration the Philosopher returns. And there he exerts an almost magical influence, especially over George McCaffrey, his old pupil. |
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Pàgina 123
... seemed more at home with his books . Sometimes it seemed as if his father had had a piece of his past removed ; like losing a lung or a kidney , one had to take things quietly ' . He easily forgave Emma's indifference to horses , he ...
... seemed more at home with his books . Sometimes it seemed as if his father had had a piece of his past removed ; like losing a lung or a kidney , one had to take things quietly ' . He easily forgave Emma's indifference to horses , he ...
Pàgina 133
... seemed utterly disparate merged into one , suddenly and with dream - like ease , then when the great synthesis seemed at last at hand , fell apart into strings of shallow aphorisms . He gazed and gazed with amazement at what was most ...
... seemed utterly disparate merged into one , suddenly and with dream - like ease , then when the great synthesis seemed at last at hand , fell apart into strings of shallow aphorisms . He gazed and gazed with amazement at what was most ...
Pàgina 302
... seemed to put a film over George's eyes as he looked with fascination upon the hot violence . He stood again at the foot of the sage's bed , and his heart moved within him , twisting and turning like a hooked fish . He saw now , not the ...
... seemed to put a film over George's eyes as he looked with fascination upon the hot violence . He stood again at the foot of the sage's bed , and his heart moved within him , twisting and turning like a hooked fish . He saw now , not the ...
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