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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... WINSTON CHURCHILL, speech, House of Commons, November 1949 Personal contact breeds, inevitably, personal acquaintance and that, in its turn, leads in many cases to friendliness. There is nothing more damaging to precision in ...
... WINSTON CHURCHILL, speech, House of Commons, November 1949 Personal contact breeds, inevitably, personal acquaintance and that, in its turn, leads in many cases to friendliness. There is nothing more damaging to precision in ...
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... WINSTON CHURCHILL, January 1921 No matter in whose hands power rests, I retain my human right to be critical of it. And I am especially suspicious, especially distrustful, of a Russian when he gets power into his hands. Not long ago a ...
... WINSTON CHURCHILL, January 1921 No matter in whose hands power rests, I retain my human right to be critical of it. And I am especially suspicious, especially distrustful, of a Russian when he gets power into his hands. Not long ago a ...
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... Winston Churchill. Copyright 1923 by Charles Scribner's Sons. Albert Einstein by Leopold Infeld. Copyright 1950 by Leopold Infeld. A History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada by James Anthony Froude ...
... Winston Churchill. Copyright 1923 by Charles Scribner's Sons. Albert Einstein by Leopold Infeld. Copyright 1950 by Leopold Infeld. A History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada by James Anthony Froude ...
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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 |