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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... BENJAMIN DISRAELI (1804-1881) My grandmother, the beautiful daughter of a family who had suffered from persecution, had imbibed that dislike for her race which the vain are too apt to adopt when they find they are born to public ...
... BENJAMIN DISRAELI (1804-1881) My grandmother, the beautiful daughter of a family who had suffered from persecution, had imbibed that dislike for her race which the vain are too apt to adopt when they find they are born to public ...
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... Benjamin Franklin, in Reader's Digest Great Biographies He was himself a living proof of the Enlightenment, an illustration of what might be accomplished by reason, measure and clarity. — RICHARD HOFSTADTER, The American Republic In ...
... Benjamin Franklin, in Reader's Digest Great Biographies He was himself a living proof of the Enlightenment, an illustration of what might be accomplished by reason, measure and clarity. — RICHARD HOFSTADTER, The American Republic In ...
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... Benjamin: Greek Science, 240 Farwell, Byron: Burton, 52, 470-471 Fascism, 308, 357 Fascist culture, 195-196 Faulkner, William, 125, 126, 544 Nobel Prize acceptance speech, 261 Fear, 196-197 Federal Power Commission, 50 Federal Reserve ...
... Benjamin: Greek Science, 240 Farwell, Byron: Burton, 52, 470-471 Fascism, 308, 357 Fascist culture, 195-196 Faulkner, William, 125, 126, 544 Nobel Prize acceptance speech, 261 Fear, 196-197 Federal Power Commission, 50 Federal Reserve ...
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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 |