10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AUNT SALLIES»
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Aunt Sallies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Aunt Sallies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bangkok Smile/s Volume II
The only women to do consistently well are the Aunt Sallies. They have an
amazing ability to go right to the top and get their way. I think it would take a
Jungian analysis of archetypes to explain the odd power Aunt Sallies wield.
There must be ...
2
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London
While the dredge was going down, the rope was rapidly taken by the men from
these pins (“Aunt Sallies” we called them, from their each ending over the deck in
a smooth white wooden ball) in succession, beginning with the one nearest the ...
3
The Depths of the Sea: An Account of the General Results of ...
Each of these held a coil of from two to three hundred fathoms, and the rope was
coiled continuously along the whole row (Fig. 46). When the dredge was going
down, the rope was taken rapidly by the men from these pins—'Aunt Sallies' we ...
Charles Wyville Thomson, 1873
“Then the dredge was going down, the rope was taken rapidly by the men from
these pins—'Aunt Sallies' we called them, from their ending over the deck in
smooth white balls-—in succession, beginning with the one nearest the dredging
...
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Lexical Cohesion and Corpus Linguistics
5.4 Set phrases as Aunt Sallies Moving on from prepositional phrases, we find
that set phrases, too, if they are in the thematic position, can trigger a later
counter argument. The metaphorical expression To the naked eye occurs five
times in the ...
John Flowerdew, Michaela Mahlberg, 2009
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Proceedings of the Royal Society
While the dredge was going down, the rope was rapidly taken by the men from
these pins (" Aunt Sallies " we called them, from their each ending over the deck
in a smooth white wooden ball) in succession, beginning with the one nearest the
...
Royal Society (London), 1870
7
Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
They will ... create disturbances on the course, and among the 'sticks' and aunt
sallies. 1883. Punch, 2June, 264. 1. Theaverage numberof ' chucks ' at cocoanuts
before achieving success is six, and of ' shies ' ataunt sally,four. 1884. Pall Mall ...
In my Aunt Sallies bedroom there stood a large, rectangular, cloth-covered trunk
in which she kept her treasures: an old fox neckpiece, odds and ends of jewelry,
a hank of her hair cut when she was young, letters, photographs, the family Bible,
...
Margaret Jones Bolsterli, 2008
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Monsters of Our Own Making: The Peculiar Pleasures of Fear
Tilting targets of courtly jousts included Moors ' and Turks ' heads as Aunt Sallies.
Swedish, 1776-1800. female and this male mode of demarcating and dealing
with Us and Them, and, following the ritual sacrificial structure of the fantasy, ...
At nine o'clock p.m. the drums of the donkey-engine began to turn, and gradually
and steadily the "Aunt- Sallies" filled up again, at the average rate of about 2 feet
of rope per second. A few minutes before one o'clock in the morning 2 cwt. of ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AUNT SALLIES»
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Aunt Sallies is used in the context of the following news items.
Fun of the fair has been Common for decades
... etc., are five shillings (25p) for stalls, ten shillings (50p) for boxing booths, coconut shies, swings and Aunt Sallies, 15s (75p) for swing boats, ... «Daily Echo, Jun 15»
Hang, Royal Court Theatre
... and the system's officials are cardboard Aunt Sallies – targets for the audience to laugh at – rather than individuals with a valid point of view. «The Arts Desk, Jun 15»
He's Chelsea's loss! Paul Lambert has his say on Frank Lampard's …
And Lampard just loves playing against Villa with 13 goals against them, his personal aunt sallies. No wonder Lambert is wary of Lampard and ... «Express.co.uk, Oct 14»
Our Newest National Sport: The Race To Obliterate Rolf
This is the flimsiest of moral Aunt Sallies, and its effect is to turn a sickening crime into a talking point and a photo op. In essence, the story of ... «New Matilda, Jul 14»
Protein Dance: Border Tales, The Place, review
... of Protein Dance's Border Tales: not so much a "look at multi-cultural living in the UK today" as a simplistic, unnuanced parade of Aunt Sallies ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 14»
Review: Theatre
Fullarton has fun setting up her roster of Aunt Sallies - censorship, the cost of inquiries that frankly resolve nothing, the career politicians who ... «Herald Scotland, Feb 14»
OPINION: Badger cull - Unpopular and cruel or restoring balance?
CALL me paranoid, but I'm beginning to think farmers are becoming political pawns – “Aunt Sallies” for all and sundry to have a shy at. «North Devon Journal, Dec 13»
Challenging Art, and Society
They're like the Aunt Sallies. I can see why they're successful. The comments I make about them are usually just a reflection of what I see. «New York Times, Nov 13»
John Baron MP: The Government is losing the argument on Army …
The fact that such Aunt Sallies'are so wide of the mark is contributing to the fact that the Government is beginning to lose the argument. No-one ... «Conservative Home, Nov 13»
Unilever plans to double its turnover while halving its environmental …
He wants to transform corporations such as his from the Aunt Sallies of environmental and social campaigners – from being the bad guys who ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 13»
