Winged WordsHamilton, 1988 - 292 pagini |
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Pagina 173
... fact they are mostly male , and almost entirely white and middle - class . Their prob- lem is not falling standards , but the male menopause . They find themselves surrounded by bewildering new knowledge and younger competitors ; and ...
... fact they are mostly male , and almost entirely white and middle - class . Their prob- lem is not falling standards , but the male menopause . They find themselves surrounded by bewildering new knowledge and younger competitors ; and ...
Pagina 176
... fact that every child in the kingdom is no longer taken through the comparison of adjectives by Mr Quelch in Shell , or Miss Beale in the Lower Fourth . Here is an example of another common type of superlative illogicality : ' Lord ...
... fact that every child in the kingdom is no longer taken through the comparison of adjectives by Mr Quelch in Shell , or Miss Beale in the Lower Fourth . Here is an example of another common type of superlative illogicality : ' Lord ...
Pagina 196
... fact the phrase was originally used to describe cowardice rather than stupidity . In the trenches in the First World War the cheapest ticket home to Blighty was to shoot oneself in some inessential part of the body like the foot . In fact ...
... fact the phrase was originally used to describe cowardice rather than stupidity . In the trenches in the First World War the cheapest ticket home to Blighty was to shoot oneself in some inessential part of the body like the foot . In fact ...
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