A Very Private Eye: An Autobiography in Diaries and LettersDutton, 1984 - 358 pages |
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Page 103
... give anything not to be going . But Jock says he feels it too and Mr Barnicot - both hardened travellers . - My days pass so pleasantly and uneventfully but really with nothing accomplished . I have done so little writing this year ...
... give anything not to be going . But Jock says he feels it too and Mr Barnicot - both hardened travellers . - My days pass so pleasantly and uneventfully but really with nothing accomplished . I have done so little writing this year ...
Page 223
... give its contributors ? We give 25 , but of course people , especially Americans , order lots more . Richard has been reading some of my books - I gave him Excellent Women and A Glass of Blessings - do you think that a good choice ...
... give its contributors ? We give 25 , but of course people , especially Americans , order lots more . Richard has been reading some of my books - I gave him Excellent Women and A Glass of Blessings - do you think that a good choice ...
Page 225
... give him anything that he hadn't already got . Not even devotion and / or love . It gives one a hopeless sort of feeling . Roman Emperors ( a Coles wallpaper ) on the wall facing the bed which is large and covered in orange candlewick ...
... give him anything that he hadn't already got . Not even devotion and / or love . It gives one a hopeless sort of feeling . Roman Emperors ( a Coles wallpaper ) on the wall facing the bed which is large and covered in orange candlewick ...
Contents
List of Illustrations vii | 9 |
Preface by Hazel Holt | xiii |
The Early Life by Hilary Pym I | xviii |
Copyright | |
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