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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... King's dayshirt within a white taffeta jacket. . . . The Grand Master of the Wardrobe passed the King his waistcoat and jacket Several cravats were offered in a basket and the Master of the Wardrobe tied the one which the King had ...
... King's dayshirt within a white taffeta jacket. . . . The Grand Master of the Wardrobe passed the King his waistcoat and jacket Several cravats were offered in a basket and the Master of the Wardrobe tied the one which the King had ...
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... King Charles XII, who was in Demotica, to visit him, along with the new Khan of the Tartars and the ambassador from France. But Charles, whose pride had increased with his misfortunes, considered it an intolerable insult that a subject ...
... King Charles XII, who was in Demotica, to visit him, along with the new Khan of the Tartars and the ambassador from France. But Charles, whose pride had increased with his misfortunes, considered it an intolerable insult that a subject ...
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... King that the coming child would be a son, [Anne Boleyn] . . . was delivered of a daughter Three weeks after the funeral of Catherine, whom she had once served, after some hours of a slow-dragging agony, the new Queen gave birth to a ...
... King that the coming child would be a son, [Anne Boleyn] . . . was delivered of a daughter Three weeks after the funeral of Catherine, whom she had once served, after some hours of a slow-dragging agony, the new Queen gave birth to a ...
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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 |