Isaiah Berlin: A LifeIsaiah Berlin refused to write an autobiography, but he agreed to talk about himself - and so for 10 years, before's Berlin's death in November 1997, he allowed Michael Ignatieff to interview him about his past, his ideas, his most intimate memories, and his inner conflicts. |
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... English lessons in Petrograd , but evidently they were not enough . When asked in later life what English he actually possessed on arrival in exile , he liked to sing in a high , whispered voice , ' It von't be a stylish marridze . I ...
... English lessons in Petrograd , but evidently they were not enough . When asked in later life what English he actually possessed on arrival in exile , he liked to sing in a high , whispered voice , ' It von't be a stylish marridze . I ...
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... English ' . ' Actually , his liberalism included some very un - English stuff : Alexander Herzen , Benjamin Constant , Giuseppe Mazzini , among others , and the English elements were refracted through rose - tinted glasses . It is an ...
... English ' . ' Actually , his liberalism included some very un - English stuff : Alexander Herzen , Benjamin Constant , Giuseppe Mazzini , among others , and the English elements were refracted through rose - tinted glasses . It is an ...
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... English functioning like a fisherman's net , on which were snagged an exotic linguistic catch of Hebrew , German and Russian phrases . German was used to show off her Kultur ; and Hebrew to display her supply of biblical saws . Her English ...
... English functioning like a fisherman's net , on which were snagged an exotic linguistic catch of Hebrew , German and Russian phrases . German was used to show off her Kultur ; and Hebrew to display her supply of biblical saws . Her English ...
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