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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... American primitive custom, religion, and folklore ever undertaken. He is in a sense, therefore, the founder of American anthropology. — EDWARD GAYLORD BOURNE, in Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, April 1906 THE COMIC ...
... American primitive custom, religion, and folklore ever undertaken. He is in a sense, therefore, the founder of American anthropology. — EDWARD GAYLORD BOURNE, in Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, April 1906 THE COMIC ...
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... America had been going through great changes and in 1929 the American Government set out to ease the pains of adjustment and to bring aid to the poorest farmers. Neither aim has in fact been achieved. The period of transition has been ...
... America had been going through great changes and in 1929 the American Government set out to ease the pains of adjustment and to bring aid to the poorest farmers. Neither aim has in fact been achieved. The period of transition has been ...
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... America's name, 22 American Antiquarian Society, Proceedings, 107 American conservatism, 1 12 American guilt, 21 American Indian, 21-22, 105-106, 292 and children, 78 education of, 165 American Mercury, 49-50 American PEN Magazine, 107, 257 ...
... America's name, 22 American Antiquarian Society, Proceedings, 107 American conservatism, 1 12 American guilt, 21 American Indian, 21-22, 105-106, 292 and children, 78 education of, 165 American Mercury, 49-50 American PEN Magazine, 107, 257 ...
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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 |