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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... letter begins, "the first buds of the cherry blossoms can be descried climbing the far-off mountain. Although we hesitate to break in on your very busy schedule, troubled as you are with many worthy pursuits, it is time that necessity ...
... letter begins, "the first buds of the cherry blossoms can be descried climbing the far-off mountain. Although we hesitate to break in on your very busy schedule, troubled as you are with many worthy pursuits, it is time that necessity ...
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... letter to Carrington, 1792 ... he had no belief in a future existence All his ideas of obligation . . . were under no stronger guarantee than the laws of the land and the opinions of the world. This tendency upon a mind of great compass ...
... letter to Carrington, 1792 ... he had no belief in a future existence All his ideas of obligation . . . were under no stronger guarantee than the laws of the land and the opinions of the world. This tendency upon a mind of great compass ...
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... letter to d'Alembert, February 1776 I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it. — letter to M. Damiliville, May 16, 1767 I advise you to go on living solely to ...
... letter to d'Alembert, February 1776 I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it. — letter to M. Damiliville, May 16, 1767 I advise you to go on living solely to ...
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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 |