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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
rude examination awakening
Any time you have an individual who is very confident in their abilities to persuade, there can be a rude awakening under cross-examination. Catherine Crier
rude benefits fierce
The introduction of Christianity, which, under whatever form, always confers such inestimable benefits on mankind, soon made a sensible change in these rude and fierce manners. Edmund Burke
rude making-love criticism
So-called "natural language" is wonderful for the purposes it was created for, such as to be rude in, to tell jokes in, to cheat or to make love in (and Theorists of Literary Criticism can even be content-free in it), but it is hopelessly inadequate when we have to deal unambiguously with situations of great intricacy, situations which unavoidably arise in such activities as legislation, arbitration, mathematics or programming. Edsger Dijkstra
rudeness folly knows
Folly often goes beyond her bounds, but impudence knows none. Ben Jonson
rude fame
The easiest way to get 15 minutes of fame is to be rude to somebody. Barack Obama
rude one-day cost
Are we not rude and deserve blame, if we leave Him alone, to busy ourselves about trifles, which do not please Him and perhaps offend Him? 'Tis to be feared these trifles will one day cost us dear. Brother Lawrence
rude rays brilliant
I love Ray Mears. He's brilliant. He's so rude about me in the press, it's outrageous! Bear Grylls
rude friendly being-rude
Canadians are more polite when they are being rude than Americans are when they are being friendly. Edgar Friedenberg
rudeness courtesy insufferable
No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy. Bryant H. McGill
way awareness force
Our senses perceive the way they do because a specific feature of our awareness forces them to do so...because we learn what to perceive. Carlos Castaneda
way like-you
You are like you are, because you tell yourself that you are that way.
way human-nature dont-change
Things don't change. You change your way of looking, that's all
way looks spirituality
Things don't change, only the way you look at them.
way environment has-beens
A place is an area within an environment that has been altered in such a way to make the general environment more conspicuous. Carl Andre
way study dropping
I studied the way I danced- to the point of dropping. Agnes de Mille
way
Fulfill your potential. That's the way to happiness. Agnes Martin
way born
Doing what you were born to do … That's the way to be happy.
way sometimes innocent
Sometimes I say, If I had seen some masterpieces, maybe I wouldn't have dared start. I started very - not innocent, but naïve in a way. Agnes Varda