10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUMPTIOUSLY»
Discover the use of
bumptiously in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
bumptiously and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Book of Bastards: 101 Worst Scoundrels and Scandals from ...
BABBLING. BASTARD. BLOVIATING. BUMPTIOUSLY. As vice president, Agnew
claimed to represent the silent majority of Americans who did not protest the
Vietnam War. He put two speechwriters — future Republican presidential
candidate ...
GECK, bumptiously: I shall do my darndest best to be your best pest! MITZI,
coquettishly: Hurry back, Geckie, hurry back! GECK, bumptiously: Au revoir,
Chérie! (exits) MITZI, with a deep sigh, after the door is closed: One more moment
and I ...
Poetry. Mark DuCharme's poems are "thoroughly surreal, yet not bumptiously so.
Darkly humorous, ruthlessly satirical and surprisingly moving, The Misogynist is a perceptive exploration of the ways in which we can unintentionally let past disappointments affect our present, and how difficult it can be to move forward.
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John Wayne: The Life and Legend
Scott Eyman interviewed Wayne, as well as many family members, and he has drawn on previously unpublished reminiscences from friends and associates of the Duke in this biography, as well as documents from his production company that shed ...
"I say, carter," he said bumptiously, "are the people upstairs removing?" The
carter looked at him scornfully, and, wiping the perspiration brow, replied : "No,
sir, we're just takin' the fu drive." — Ocean Gazette. "We Americans are an up-to-
date ...
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Gravity's Rainbow, Domination, and Freedom
... ously, bumptiously difficult, if not ungovernable.29 We suspect this prob- lem is
what swung Pynchon into eighteenth-century America, in Mason & Dixon. Here
the problem swings us back to Crutchfield, whose “westwardman” label invokes ...
Luc Herman, Steven C. Weisenburger, 2013
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Becoming the Gentleman: British Literature and the Invention ...
... life among the metropolitan elite that bumptiously called itself “the World.” This
critique of aristocratic privilege, it's important to recognize, entails a revision of the
way gentlemanly authority is defined. The fact that Harry's birth puts him in line ...
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A Surgeon in the Army of the Potomac
In the spring of 1861, northern newspaper headlines bumptiously predicted a
great victory and quick end to the silliness brought about by southern secession.
Two years later, the North had yet to secure a major victory in the eastern theatre
of ...
Francis M. Wafer, Cheryl A. Wells, 2008
Star Trek's Wrath of Khan features a "genesis device" capable of remaking whole
planets. The "genesis effect" begins with a fiery blast and spreads its "new matrix"
over cold-dead rock with a flaming front. More slowly and more bumptiously, ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUMPTIOUSLY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
bumptiously is used in the context of the following news items.
'Aloha' doesn't say anything worthwhile
Here entire scenes drift bumptiously along, the characters bantering arrhythmically while Crowe's camera does wobbly loops around them. «Boston Globe, May 15»
Lorelei Ensemble revels in 'Shelter'
Similarly, works referencing nature and light (“Soli Nito-rem” and “Congaudeant cath-olici,” the latter finished with a bumptiously obsessive ... «Boston Globe, May 15»
Sandy Parrill: Weeding out the good and bad about chickweed
... except for gardeners who irritably yank it out as it returns bumptiously and cheerfully every year thumbing its figurative noses at every attempt ... «Joplin Globe, Apr 15»
Movie review: 'Queen and Country' shows heartbreak of war
Featuring a reprise by David Hayman as Bill's bumptiously patriotic father, Clive, and an updated version of older sister Dawn (Vanessa Kirby) ... «News & Observer, Apr 15»
'Queen and Country': War buddies weather heartbreak and hijinks
Featuring a reprise by David Hayman as Bill's bumptiously patriotic father, Clive, and an updated version of older sister Dawn (Vanessa Kirby) ... «Washington Post, Mar 15»
Hindle Wakes review – one-woman rebellion at the dawn of …
There's a fine comic contribution from Colin Connor as a fellow magnate bumptiously proud of his appointment as head of the education ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
Jai Courtney says he was not shy at all getting his shirt off for …
This bumptiously bonkers space fairytale is largely composed of some old Cinderella tropes, a little bit of Star Wars, and random second-hand ... «NEWS.com.au, Feb 15»
The Unruly PhD: Doubts, Detours, Departures, and Other Success …
In the book's first account, Derek's bumptiously clichéd style – “I met my wife when I was 21 years old and…I knew that this was the person that I ... «Times Higher Education, Jan 15»
Cultural nationalism feels good but Australian stories have a cost
Trade Unions love this type of cover, and the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) has been bumptiously running this line recently to ... «The Conversation AU, Sep 14»
Brahma Chellaney | Narendra Modi's imprint on foreign policy
Instead of bumptiously enunciating a Narendra Modi doctrine in foreign policy, the Prime Minister is allowing his actions, including diplomatic ... «Livemint, Sep 14»
