Winged WordsHamilton, 1988 - 292 pagini |
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Pagina 63
... thought of gravy as being a peculiarly nasty English slop , like custard , served in public schools and service messes in order to feed character . Lady Holland reported Sydney Smith declaring : ' Madam , I have been looking for a ...
... thought of gravy as being a peculiarly nasty English slop , like custard , served in public schools and service messes in order to feed character . Lady Holland reported Sydney Smith declaring : ' Madam , I have been looking for a ...
Pagina 108
Philip Howard. writers . Eliot thought for a moment , then said : ' Yes , I suppose some editors are failed writers - but so are most writers . ' The only editor to have immortalized his name in the dictionaries is Gordon Bennett , whose ...
Philip Howard. writers . Eliot thought for a moment , then said : ' Yes , I suppose some editors are failed writers - but so are most writers . ' The only editor to have immortalized his name in the dictionaries is Gordon Bennett , whose ...
Pagina 190
... thought was a good deal . ' A bargain , or overpriced ? Handicap : an advantage – a disadvantage . To hew : to sever to conform to ( chiefly American and Canadian ) . If not : and also ' This play is certainly the liveliest , if not the ...
... thought was a good deal . ' A bargain , or overpriced ? Handicap : an advantage – a disadvantage . To hew : to sever to conform to ( chiefly American and Canadian ) . If not : and also ' This play is certainly the liveliest , if not the ...
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