Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 328William Blackwood, 1980 |
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Page 246
... Thesiger's passion for books of this sort is hardly surprising . As a young child , he had already become familiar with much of their background , and his family life , reflected in the contents of Powell - Cotton's Sporting Trip , was ...
... Thesiger's passion for books of this sort is hardly surprising . As a young child , he had already become familiar with much of their background , and his family life , reflected in the contents of Powell - Cotton's Sporting Trip , was ...
Page 256
... Thesiger's belief in the virtue of opposing circumstances : peace amid hostility ; solitude and comradeship . Contrast has been the essence of Thesiger's fifty years as a traveller . While he is quick to point out that people have meant ...
... Thesiger's belief in the virtue of opposing circumstances : peace amid hostility ; solitude and comradeship . Contrast has been the essence of Thesiger's fifty years as a traveller . While he is quick to point out that people have meant ...
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... Thesiger's earlier monochrome photographs seemed to me truer to the spirit of the region . So too with music : Thesiger has told an interviewer that while he might be tone deaf , he likes the sound of tribesmen chanting and the musical ...
... Thesiger's earlier monochrome photographs seemed to me truer to the spirit of the region . So too with music : Thesiger has told an interviewer that while he might be tone deaf , he likes the sound of tribesmen chanting and the musical ...
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