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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... THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, "Lord Clive," in Critical and Historical Essays, Vol. II, January 1840 Does anyone doubt that if, overnight, the 500 million Indians 266 LEO ROSTEN INDIA ...
... THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, "Lord Clive," in Critical and Historical Essays, Vol. II, January 1840 Does anyone doubt that if, overnight, the 500 million Indians 266 LEO ROSTEN INDIA ...
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... THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, "Boswell's Life of Johnson," Critical and Historical Essays (Trevelyan Edition), Vol. I JOHN PAUL JONES (1747-1792) The reason for Jones's loneliness is clear to anyone who has followed his career. It was his ...
... THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, "Boswell's Life of Johnson," Critical and Historical Essays (Trevelyan Edition), Vol. I JOHN PAUL JONES (1747-1792) The reason for Jones's loneliness is clear to anyone who has followed his career. It was his ...
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... THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, "Horace Walpole," in Critical and Historical Essays, Vol. I OPTIMISTS The optimist in politics is an inconstant and even dangerous man, because he takes no account of the great difficulties presented by his ...
... THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, "Horace Walpole," in Critical and Historical Essays, Vol. I OPTIMISTS The optimist in politics is an inconstant and even dangerous man, because he takes no account of the great difficulties presented by his ...
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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 |