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uncles years fiction
IT is mere coincidence that Cooper was born in the year which produced The Power of Sympathy and that when he died Uncle Tom's Cabin was passing through its serial stage, and yet the limits of his life mark almost exactly the first great period of American fiction. Carl Clinton Van Doren
uncles taken people
In Charn [Jadis] had taken no notice of Polly (till the very end) because Digory was the one she wanted to make use of. Now that she had Uncle Andrew, she took no notice of Digory. I expect most witches are like that. They are not interested in things or people unless they can use them; they are terribly practical. C. S. Lewis
uncles believe gold
And therefore, Uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that [Christmas] has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it! Charles Dickens
uncles dark past
They whirled past the dark trees, as feathers would be swept before a hurricane. Houses, gates, churches, hay-stacks, objects of every kind they shot by, with a velocity and noise like roaring waters suddenly let loose. Still the noise of pursuit grew louder, and still my uncle could hear the young lady wildly screaming, "Faster! Faster!"
uncles mean merry-christmas
Christmas a humbug, uncle!" said Scrooge's nephew. "You don't mean that, I am sure?" "I do," said Scrooge. "Merry Christmas! What right have you to be merry? what reason have you to be merry? You're poor enough.
uncles brain brass
You can't make a head and brains out of a brass knob with nothing in it. You couldn't do it when your uncle George was living much less when he's dead.
uncles air gentleman
My uncle, gentlemen, could say nothing; he was so very much astonished The queerest thing of all, was, that although there was such a crowd of persons, and although fresh faces were pouring in, every moment, there was no telling where they came from. They seemed to start up, in some strange manner, from the ground, or the air, and disappear in the same way.
uncles heart dark
Of all the ruinous and desolate places my uncle had ever beheld, this was the most so. It looked as if it had once been a large house of entertainment; but the roof had fallen in, in many places, and the stairs were steep, rugged, and broken. There was a huge fire-place in the room into which they walked, and the chimney was blackened with smoke; but no warm blaze lighted it up now. The white feathery dust of burnt wood was still strewed over the hearth, but the stove was cold, and all was dark and gloomy.
uncles lying done
When I was young, an eccentric uncle decided to teach me how to lie. Not, he explained, because he wanted me to lie, but because he thought I should know how it's done so I would recognise when I was being lied to. Brian Eno
wish gum enough
By gum,' said Digory, 'Don't I just wish I was big enough to punch your head!
wish invisible
And there we all were, as invisible as you could wish to see.
wish leisure wit
if anyone present wishes to make me the subject of his wit, I am very much at his service--with my sword--whenever he has leisure.
wish use type
I wish I were the type who could walk into a place and have everybody love me. But I'm not, and there's no use wishing Alan Ladd
wish looks too-much
One must not look inward too much, while the inside is yet tender. I do not wish to frighten myself until I can stand it. Djuna Barnes
wish language british
I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry. Diane Wakoski
wish world back-again
Wish I could spin my world into reverse just to have you back again David Guetta
wish genius taste
There seems almost a general wish of descrying the capacity and undervaluing the labour of the novelist, and of slighting the performances which have only genius, wit, and taste to recommend them. Jane Austen
wish shy natural
I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural awkwardness." -Edward Ferrars
littles want said
It is because they have no Oyarsa,' said one of the pupils. It is because everyone of them wants to be a little Oyarsa himself,' said Augray.
littles too-much may
I may have aimed too high sometimes, asked too much of myself and demanded too little from those around me. Agnetha Faltskog
littles watches film
I don't watch my own films. There is little time; I'd rather see another film. Agnes Varda
littles ethics common
Economics and ethics have little in common. Agnes Repplier
littles underestimate influence
We sometimes underestimate the influence of little things Charles W. Chesnutt
littles
I myself have become a Gaullist only little by little. Charles de Gaulle
littles arcs knows
I always thought I was Jeanne d'Arc and Bonaparte. How little one knows oneself.
littles making-money easy
Money, says the proverb, makes money. When you have got a little, it is often easy to get more.
littles wealth rich
The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who have nothing. Charles Caleb Colton