Winged WordsHamilton, 1988 - 292 pagini |
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Pagina 54
... seem to me like cowboys . ' ' I can smell a copper , in the dark , a hundred feet away , blindfolded . ' In the jargon ... seems . Cowboys have always been selfish drivers , and the attitude of the civilized world to them has always been ...
... seem to me like cowboys . ' ' I can smell a copper , in the dark , a hundred feet away , blindfolded . ' In the jargon ... seems . Cowboys have always been selfish drivers , and the attitude of the civilized world to them has always been ...
Pagina 59
... seems to me to be the sensible way to approach the matter ) ; to forge ; to botch or bungle ; to talk nonsense or tell fibs ; to advance the hand unfairly when playing marbles ; to copy or crib ; and , at Christ's Hospital , the famous ...
... seems to me to be the sensible way to approach the matter ) ; to forge ; to botch or bungle ; to talk nonsense or tell fibs ; to advance the hand unfairly when playing marbles ; to copy or crib ; and , at Christ's Hospital , the famous ...
Pagina 241
... seems to be self - contra- dictory at first glance , yet contains a germ of truth . Your literary paradox makes the reader blink and recognize a truth behind the absurdity , as when Shakespeare says , ' Cowards die many times before ...
... seems to be self - contra- dictory at first glance , yet contains a germ of truth . Your literary paradox makes the reader blink and recognize a truth behind the absurdity , as when Shakespeare says , ' Cowards die many times before ...
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