Wordstruck: A MemoirViking, 1989 - 230 sider MacNeil's autobiography re-creates the world of his youth and the experiences that were opened up to him through his love of words. His delight and passion for the music and magic of language, have enabled MacNeil to transmute it into a work of art. Photos. |
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... England than most of North America , but in the days of my childhood it was spir- itually closer still ... England . We looked to England for the real juice of our patriotism , our ideals of dress and manners , codes of honour , military ...
... England than most of North America , but in the days of my childhood it was spir- itually closer still ... England . We looked to England for the real juice of our patriotism , our ideals of dress and manners , codes of honour , military ...
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... England's mountains green ? And was the holy Lamb of God On England's pleasant pastures seen ? I will not cease from mental fight , Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand Till we have built Jerusalem In England's green and pleasant land ...
... England's mountains green ? And was the holy Lamb of God On England's pleasant pastures seen ? I will not cease from mental fight , Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand Till we have built Jerusalem In England's green and pleasant land ...
Side 57
... England And England shall be free . . . There'll be bluebirds over The white cliffs of Dover . . . The war took on a kind of religious meaning ; singing stirring songs about the defence of England was on the same level as singing hymns ...
... England And England shall be free . . . There'll be bluebirds over The white cliffs of Dover . . . The war took on a kind of religious meaning ; singing stirring songs about the defence of England was on the same level as singing hymns ...
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adventure American announcer asked ball batsman beach became boys British broadcast called Canadian CFRA Christopher Robin CJCH Copperfield cricket culture Dalhousie dark David Copperfield disc jockey Dylan Thomas Eliot emotions England English eyes father feel felt French gave German Gin Fizz Halifax Hamlet harbour hear heard heart Hugh imagination King knew language later listen lived look MacNeil meaning memory mind morning mother moved naval Navy never night Northwest Arm Nova Scotia Othello Ottawa Oxner play pleasure poem poet Point Pleasant Park radio RCMP realise rhythm ROBERT MACNEIL Shakespeare ship smell someone sound South Park speech stories Street summer T. S. Eliot talk taste television theatre things thought thrilled took trees voice walked wicket winter words writing young
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Beyond Boundaries: Understanding, Translation and Anthropological Discourse Gisli Palsson Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 1993 |