James Miranda BarrySerpent's Tail, 1999 - Počet stran: 375 James Miranda Barry enrols as a medical student in Edinburgh, the start of a glorious career as a military surgeon. He achieves fame as a legendary duellist and a celebrated social figure. But James Miranda Barry was also a woman. Her greatest achievement has been to pass for a man for 50 years. |
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... give you all he has . But you will also have something else , which is what I will give to you . You will know the cost of the real world , the price paid for Francisco's ideas . And who usually pays . " I didn't understand her . So I ...
... give you all he has . But you will also have something else , which is what I will give to you . You will know the cost of the real world , the price paid for Francisco's ideas . And who usually pays . " I didn't understand her . So I ...
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... give me great pleasure . " That night Barry dreamed that he was lying in bed , with Dr Fyfe bending over him . The good doctor's wig was askew and the powder was descending in showers . Well , Barry , menaced Dr Fyfe , plucking at the ...
... give me great pleasure . " That night Barry dreamed that he was lying in bed , with Dr Fyfe bending over him . The good doctor's wig was askew and the powder was descending in showers . Well , Barry , menaced Dr Fyfe , plucking at the ...
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... give any hint of his assumption that the naked Hottentot probably enjoyed better health than the titled lord and almost certainly had rather less to hide . But Isaac entertained no suspicion that the doctor was a democrat in the letter ...
... give any hint of his assumption that the naked Hottentot probably enjoyed better health than the titled lord and almost certainly had rather less to hide . But Isaac entertained no suspicion that the doctor was a democrat in the letter ...
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