Infinite riches: gems from a lifetime of readingMcGraw-Hill, 1979 - 588 páginas Elizabeth I's last great speech, an account of Marco Polo's return to Venice, and writings by Mencken, Wilde, and Twain are among the selections included in a collection of excerpts that represents Rosten's lifelong love for the printed word |
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... A. J. P. TAYLOR, From Napoleon to Lenin Few statesmen have received so much adulation — and abuse. To [liberals] he was the incarnation of senseless repression. Since 1919 he has enjoyed considerable rehabilitation as a preserver of ...
... A. J. P. TAYLOR, From Napoleon to Lenin Few statesmen have received so much adulation — and abuse. To [liberals] he was the incarnation of senseless repression. Since 1919 he has enjoyed considerable rehabilitation as a preserver of ...
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... A. J. P. TAYLOR, From Napoleon to Lenin If the peasant is in open rebellion, then he is outside the law of God. . . . Therefore, let everyone who can, smite, slay, and stab [the peasants], secretly or openly, remembering that nothing ...
... A. J. P. TAYLOR, From Napoleon to Lenin If the peasant is in open rebellion, then he is outside the law of God. . . . Therefore, let everyone who can, smite, slay, and stab [the peasants], secretly or openly, remembering that nothing ...
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... A. J. P. Taylor. Copyright © 1963 by A. J. P. Taylor. Hamish Hamilton, Ltd., and McGraw-Hill Book Company for excerpts from The Reason Why by Cecil Woodham-Smith. The Hamlyn Publishing Group, Ltd., for excerpts from: The World's ...
... A. J. P. Taylor. Copyright © 1963 by A. J. P. Taylor. Hamish Hamilton, Ltd., and McGraw-Hill Book Company for excerpts from The Reason Why by Cecil Woodham-Smith. The Hamlyn Publishing Group, Ltd., for excerpts from: The World's ...
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A. J. P. TAYLOR ALBERT EINSTEIN American ARISTOTLE BAMBER GASCOIGNE beauty believe BENJAMIN BERTRAND RUSSELL Capitalism century Chinese Christian civilization Copyright court death democracy dream earth economic enemy England English Essays Europe everything excerpts existence experience eyes face fact faith feel freedom G. K. CHESTERTON GEORGE GEORGE MIKES H. L. MENCKEN hand happy head human ideas imagination JAMES Jews JOHN King knew LASSWELL Lenin LEONARD MOSLEY letter liberty Lincoln live look Lord MARK TWAIN means mind modern moral Napoleon nation nature never night palace passion peace person philosopher political reason religion revolution Roman sense sexual SIGMUND FREUD slave social society speech Stalin talk things THOMAS THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY thought tion truth turn Venice VOLTAIRE WINSTON CHURCHILL women words young
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Proverbs are Never Out of Season: Popular Wisdom in the Modern Age Wolfgang Mieder Vista de fragmentos - 1993 |
Proverbs are Never Out of Season: Popular Wisdom in the Modern Age Wolfgang Mieder Vista de fragmentos - 1993 |