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ancient modern difficult
Anything based on ancient texts is difficult for a modern reader to get their head around. Joanne Harris
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The main gist of it is to find the most ancient Beatle music possible. It comes in chronological order through the various other records we made and bring it up to date, up to now. We want to put as many songs on the CD's as possible, to make it of George Harrison
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The devastation of the ancient Christian community in Iraq is well known. Elliott Abrams
ancient broken glass looking proverb tired wizard
An ancient proverb summed it up: when a wizard is tired of looking for broken glass in his dinner, it ran, he is tired of life. Terry Pratchett
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A modern arboretum brings us that ancient forest and, with it, a changed apprehension of time, a renewed appreciation of the elegance of natural form and a renewed sense of wonder at the variety of the world we inhabit. John Burnside
ancient beat pottery rowing servants slave spinning
...and everything is going to the beat - It's the beat generation, it be-at, it's the beat to keep, it's the beat of the heart, it's being beat and down in the world and like oldtime lowdown and like in ancient civilizations the slave boatmen rowing galleys to a beat and servants spinning pottery to a beat... Jack Kerouac
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When you're 16, 30 seems ancient. When you're 30, 45 seems ancient. When you're 45, 60 seems ancient. When you're 60, nothing seems ancient. Helen Mirren
ancient continue flattering grow thou whom youth
Ancient person, for whom IAll the flattering youth defy,Long be it ere thou grow old,Aching, shaking, crazy, cold;But still continue as thou art,Ancient person of my heart. John Wilmot
ancient continue flattering grow thou whom youth
Ancient person, for whom I All the flattering youth defy, Long be it ere thou grow old, Aching, shaking, crazy, cold; But still continue as thou art, Ancient person of my heart.
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Ancient, ancient times, ... And here I am, still busier than ever. Gladys Knight
ancient hand language movements sign
The dancer's hand movements are in ancient sign language.
ancient trouble artifacts
But that was the trouble with ancient artifacts - no one really knew what they did. Patricia Briggs
ancient gray great meadows melancholy poured quietness rivers round solemn tomb woods
The hills,Rock-ribbed, and ancient as the sun, -- the valesStretching in pensive quietness between;The venerable woods -- rivers that moveIn majesty, and the complaining brooksThat make the meadows green; and, poured round all,Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste, --Are but the solemn decorations allOf the great tomb of man.
ancient brooks gray great meadows melancholy move poured quietness rivers round solemn stretching tomb woods
The hills, Rock-ribbed, and ancient as the sun, -- the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods -- rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste, -- Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
ancient bereft conception home housewife role tears women
A home in which the housewife sheds tears will be bereft of all prosperity. This is the ancient conception of the role of women in the home. Sathya Baba
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The girls were fascinated to learn how many inventions and technological advancements came from ancient China. The development of writing, the process of printing, and the production of paper from trees all originated in ancient China. Gunpowder, the umbrella and the compass are just a few examples of things that were invented.
ancient coming history kids today
The kids coming in today have little to no recollection of it. That's ancient history to them.
ancient infinite new-knowledge
There is no new knowledge, all is ancient and infinite Louise Hay
ancient accomplished developing
Let the ancient serve the present, let the foreign serve the national; by developing that which has been accomplished one creates something that is new. Mao Zedong
ancient both modern size time
You can't get the bottleneck time or the bottleneck size without both modern and ancient DNA.
ancient-literature want sanity
Sanity -- that is the great virtue of the ancient literature; the want of that is the great defect of the modern, in spite of its variety and power. Matthew Arnold
ancient gods powers reached sacrificed
The gods sacrificed with the sacrifice to the sacrifice. These were the first rites. These powers reached the firmament, where the ancient demi-gods and the gods are.
ancient museum
The Getty is a contemporary museum of ancient art, in some ways.
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The dolphin fishing that takes place in Taiji town is an ancient fishing practice deeply rooted in their culture and their practices and supports their livelihoods. Shinzo Abe
ancient examined fact far greek limits priests
The fundamental fact about the Greek was that he had to use his mind. The ancient priests had said, "Thus far and no farther. We set the limits of thought." The Greek said, "All things are to be examined and called into question. There are no limits set on thought. Edith Hamilton
ancient bring expressive itself medium style
The medium itself is so expressive and so ancient and each person has their own style they bring to it.
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that's me. ancient history." [Poseidon to Paul] Rick Riordan
ancient states customs
The Roman state stands by ancient customs, and its manhood. Quintus Ennius
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There is nothing more ancient than the truth. Rene Descartes
ancient omen ancient-history
Ancient history is oddly short on incorrect omens. Stacy Schiff
ancient bloodshed china
China, slavishly dedicated to ancient scholars, incapable of generating within herself sufficient rulers to continue, without bloodshed, a nation. L. Ron Hubbard
ancient compliment egyptian
Set screamed something in Ancient Egyptian. I was fairly sure it wasn’t a compliment. “I will rend your limbs from their sockets!” he shouted. “I will—” “Die?” Carter suggested.