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Page 59
... felt the physical oppressive- ness of human beings in the mass most heavily when , in the worst days of the blitz , I passed through Russell Square Underground Station at night on my way to or from my house in Mecklenburgh Square . It ...
... felt the physical oppressive- ness of human beings in the mass most heavily when , in the worst days of the blitz , I passed through Russell Square Underground Station at night on my way to or from my house in Mecklenburgh Square . It ...
Page 70
... felt physically and socially cut off , marooned . We had been bombed out of London . After November one had to hoard one's petrol and it was no longer possible to go to London by car . Travel by train became more and more tedious . All ...
... felt physically and socially cut off , marooned . We had been bombed out of London . After November one had to hoard one's petrol and it was no longer possible to go to London by car . Travel by train became more and more tedious . All ...
Page 127
... felt that I ought not to remain alone there ; they offered to come and stay with me or asked me to stay with them . It is no good trying to delude oneself that one can escape the consequences of a great catastrophe . Virginia's suicide ...
... felt that I ought not to remain alone there ; they offered to come and stay with me or asked me to stay with them . It is no good trying to delude oneself that one can escape the consequences of a great catastrophe . Virginia's suicide ...
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