Infinite riches: gems from a lifetime of readingMcGraw-Hill, 1979 - 588 páginas Elizabeth I's last great speech, an account of Marco Polo's return to Venice, and writings by Mencken, Wilde, and Twain are among the selections included in a collection of excerpts that represents Rosten's lifelong love for the printed word |
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... VOLTAIRE, History of Charles XII, King of Sweden, tr. T. SMOLLETT, T. FRANCKLIN, others, 1762 Every great event has been a capital misfortune. History has kept no account of times of peace and tranquillity; it relates only ravages and ...
... VOLTAIRE, History of Charles XII, King of Sweden, tr. T. SMOLLETT, T. FRANCKLIN, others, 1762 Every great event has been a capital misfortune. History has kept no account of times of peace and tranquillity; it relates only ravages and ...
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... VOLTAIRE, Letter to Thierot, 1736, in JAMES PARTON, Life of Voltaire, Vol. I History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the ...
... VOLTAIRE, Letter to Thierot, 1736, in JAMES PARTON, Life of Voltaire, Vol. I History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the ...
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... Voltaire. — TALLEYRAND Voltaire has sent me from Berlin his Histoire du siecle 524 LEO ROSTEN.
... Voltaire. — TALLEYRAND Voltaire has sent me from Berlin his Histoire du siecle 524 LEO ROSTEN.
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A. J. P. TAYLOR ALBERT EINSTEIN American ARISTOTLE BAMBER GASCOIGNE beauty believe BENJAMIN BERTRAND RUSSELL Capitalism century Chinese Christian civilization Copyright court death democracy dream earth economic enemy England English Essays Europe everything excerpts existence experience eyes face fact faith feel freedom G. K. CHESTERTON GEORGE GEORGE MIKES H. L. MENCKEN hand happy head human ideas imagination JAMES Jews JOHN King knew LASSWELL Lenin LEONARD MOSLEY letter liberty Lincoln live look Lord MARK TWAIN means mind modern moral Napoleon nation nature never night palace passion peace person philosopher political reason religion revolution Roman sense sexual SIGMUND FREUD slave social society speech Stalin talk things THOMAS THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY thought tion truth turn Venice VOLTAIRE WINSTON CHURCHILL women words young
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Proverbs are Never Out of Season: Popular Wisdom in the Modern Age Wolfgang Mieder Vista de fragmentos - 1993 |
Proverbs are Never Out of Season: Popular Wisdom in the Modern Age Wolfgang Mieder Vista de fragmentos - 1993 |