Winged WordsHamilton, 1988 - 292 pagini |
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Pagina 6
... never mind plenty more where that came from heh heh . ' To those outside the mystery of Rockspeak and Popdrivel that sounds the apotheosis of wally and naff . Wally as northern slang for an over - sized pickled gherkin sold in fish ...
... never mind plenty more where that came from heh heh . ' To those outside the mystery of Rockspeak and Popdrivel that sounds the apotheosis of wally and naff . Wally as northern slang for an over - sized pickled gherkin sold in fish ...
Pagina 238
... Never - Never , happy , far - off , paradisal , and infinitely desirable Cloud- Cuckoo - Land . So it has now become an overused vogue word for a silly and unpleasant fantasy . Robert Graves captured poetically the unfashionably ...
... Never - Never , happy , far - off , paradisal , and infinitely desirable Cloud- Cuckoo - Land . So it has now become an overused vogue word for a silly and unpleasant fantasy . Robert Graves captured poetically the unfashionably ...
Pagina 271
... never to have heard of the phrase , and to find it rather silly . And , if you persevere , you will find that Matthew Arnold coined the phrase in Irish Essays : ' But this whole drama may be best described as the theatre of the homme ...
... never to have heard of the phrase , and to find it rather silly . And , if you persevere , you will find that Matthew Arnold coined the phrase in Irish Essays : ' But this whole drama may be best described as the theatre of the homme ...
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