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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... peace with an exhortation to war? How reconcile peace in one's mouth and war in one's deeds? Do you praise war with the same mouth that you preach peace and Christ? Do you herald with the same trumpet both God and Satan? Wearing a cowl ...
... peace with an exhortation to war? How reconcile peace in one's mouth and war in one's deeds? Do you praise war with the same mouth that you preach peace and Christ? Do you herald with the same trumpet both God and Satan? Wearing a cowl ...
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... peace and stability. Everything that is known about his behavior, the whole judgment of those who knew him well, converges on the same conclusion: in him character was not on the same high level as intelligence. D His is a vanity which ...
... peace and stability. Everything that is known about his behavior, the whole judgment of those who knew him well, converges on the same conclusion: in him character was not on the same high level as intelligence. D His is a vanity which ...
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... peace. His diplomatic skill is undeniable. — ROBERT G. D. LAFFAN, Chambers''s Encyclopedia He was the guiding spirit of the international congress at Vienna (1814-15) and the chief statesman of the so-called Holy Alliance. . . . His ...
... peace. His diplomatic skill is undeniable. — ROBERT G. D. LAFFAN, Chambers''s Encyclopedia He was the guiding spirit of the international congress at Vienna (1814-15) and the chief statesman of the so-called Holy Alliance. . . . 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 |