Winged WordsHamilton, 1988 - 292 pagini |
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Pagina 148
... quotation is the parole of educated men and women , and partly , I dare say , to show off our literary credentials . The latter is a foolish reason . But some things have been so well said that they cannot be said better ; and we wish ...
... quotation is the parole of educated men and women , and partly , I dare say , to show off our literary credentials . The latter is a foolish reason . But some things have been so well said that they cannot be said better ; and we wish ...
Pagina 259
... quotation to Dean Burgon , that other monoquote expert , who recorded it in the Quarterly Review and his book Lives of Twelve Good Men ( 1888 ) . Never mind . It is a good quote , worth being remembered for . It only goes to quote ...
... quotation to Dean Burgon , that other monoquote expert , who recorded it in the Quarterly Review and his book Lives of Twelve Good Men ( 1888 ) . Never mind . It is a good quote , worth being remembered for . It only goes to quote ...
Pagina 271
... quotation dictionaries . Then you take a trip to the British Library , and look in bigger and better quotation dictionaries . Then you ask your friends with memories like a data base , whose heads are crammed with gobbets of useless ...
... quotation dictionaries . Then you take a trip to the British Library , and look in bigger and better quotation dictionaries . Then you ask your friends with memories like a data base , whose heads are crammed with gobbets of useless ...
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