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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... Roman architecture, Roman literature, Roman manners — these set a standard to INFINITE RICHES 129.
... Roman architecture, Roman literature, Roman manners — these set a standard to INFINITE RICHES 129.
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gems from a lifetime of reading Leo Calvin Rosten. ture, Roman literature, Roman manners — these set a standard to which all newly civilized people aspired. — HERBERT READ, To Hell with Culture A CURIOUS SYLLOGISM Lewis Carroll, the ...
gems from a lifetime of reading Leo Calvin Rosten. ture, Roman literature, Roman manners — these set a standard to which all newly civilized people aspired. — HERBERT READ, To Hell with Culture A CURIOUS SYLLOGISM Lewis Carroll, the ...
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... Roman landed gentry, who until recently had tilled their own fields, became a wealthy class within a few decades. The Romans did not suspect at that time that this disastrous slave policy would do them a great deal of harm in the future ...
... Roman landed gentry, who until recently had tilled their own fields, became a wealthy class within a few decades. The Romans did not suspect at that time that this disastrous slave policy would do them a great deal of harm in the future ...
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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 |