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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... Venice] lasted as long as they did was their instinct for democracy among themselves. Venice must be the only state in history to have made snobbery illegal. You could get six months stifling under the leads of the ducal palace for ...
... Venice] lasted as long as they did was their instinct for democracy among themselves. Venice must be the only state in history to have made snobbery illegal. You could get six months stifling under the leads of the ducal palace for ...
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... Venice. Their clothes were coarse and tattered; the bundles that they carried were bound in Eastern cloths and their bronzed faces bore evidence of great hardships, long endurance, and suffering. They had almost forgotten their native ...
... Venice. Their clothes were coarse and tattered; the bundles that they carried were bound in Eastern cloths and their bronzed faces bore evidence of great hardships, long endurance, and suffering. They had almost forgotten their native ...
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... Venice, 521-522 Venice, constitution of (1310), 232 Venice, 18th-century: carnival in, 69 clergy in, 99-100 dress in, 158 eros in, 180 gondolas, 229 hats in, 241 the mask, 521-522 nobility and democracy, 141 nuns in, 392 shoes in, 469 ...
... Venice, 521-522 Venice, constitution of (1310), 232 Venice, 18th-century: carnival in, 69 clergy in, 99-100 dress in, 158 eros in, 180 gondolas, 229 hats in, 241 the mask, 521-522 nobility and democracy, 141 nuns in, 392 shoes in, 469 ...
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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 |