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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Page 68
... returned her affection , because she was soon thanking him effusively for the present of a toy dog , which she said she would take with her prayer book to Mass . When she died , she went on , ' I shall order a glass dome to be placed ...
... returned her affection , because she was soon thanking him effusively for the present of a toy dog , which she said she would take with her prayer book to Mass . When she died , she went on , ' I shall order a glass dome to be placed ...
Page 164
... returned to Washington . But his thoughts stayed with Akhmatova , for in a letter written in late February he was still talking about his visit as ' the most thrilling thing that has ever , I think , happened to me'.41 41 He returned to ...
... returned to Washington . But his thoughts stayed with Akhmatova , for in a letter written in late February he was still talking about his visit as ' the most thrilling thing that has ever , I think , happened to me'.41 41 He returned to ...
Page 209
... returned , he found she was deep in some new affair . They would make plans to go to the music festival in Aix - en - Provence and then she would fail to show up . As she careered in and out of affairs and marriages , now in Paris , now ...
... returned , he found she was deep in some new affair . They would make plans to go to the music festival in Aix - en - Provence and then she would fail to show up . As she careered in and out of affairs and marriages , now in Paris , now ...
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