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 118
... simply was not . His guardian - angel mother , always so young , had somehow preserved in him intact her own unquestioning faith in life , her capacity for joy , her vast indomitable self - satisfaction . Tom did not reflect upon the ...
... simply was not . His guardian - angel mother , always so young , had somehow preserved in him intact her own unquestioning faith in life , her capacity for joy , her vast indomitable self - satisfaction . Tom did not reflect upon the ...
Pàgina 314
... simply to stand by and take such satisfaction as he could in simply watching her grow ? His present aloof relation to her at least precluded prob- lems , situations , consequences . Had he not his work to do and must he not protect ...
... simply to stand by and take such satisfaction as he could in simply watching her grow ? His present aloof relation to her at least precluded prob- lems , situations , consequences . Had he not his work to do and must he not protect ...
Pàgina 567
... simply ' lost her ' in Paris . After they had spent one night there at a cheap hotel near the Gare du Nord , while the priest ( for so he undoubtedly and in spite of everything still thought of himself ) was away buying their railway ...
... simply ' lost her ' in Paris . After they had spent one night there at a cheap hotel near the Gare du Nord , while the priest ( for so he undoubtedly and in spite of everything still thought of himself ) was away buying their railway ...
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