10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BURNISHMENT»
Discover the use of
burnishment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
burnishment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
So, to do an 'image burnishment' for Sintax, we need to ...., Brussels: .......We take
a dull and rough person like him, and rub some water on his exterior, and his
image gets all shiny and smooth. Voila, instant image burnishment. Perrier: Not ...
All gleamed compact and green with scale on scale, But special burnishment
adorned his mail And special terror weighed his frown. The regal monster derives
his power and his kingly prerogative from the beauty and terror with which he is ...
All gleamed compact and green with scale on scale, But special burnishment
adorned his mail, And special terror weighed upon his frown ; His punier brethren
quaked before his tail, Broad as a rafter, potent as a flail. So he grew lord and ...
Christina Georgina Rossetti,
1870
4
Faust ... Translated by Captain Knox
There is no real doubt about the meaning of this passage. Any one who has
travelled much in Germany must have remarked the tendency of the larger rivers
to assume a golden burnishment towards sunset, whilst the smaller streamlets
that ...
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Charles H. KNOX,
1847
5
Faust, a tragedy, tr. by capt. [C.H.] Knox
Any one who has travelled much in Germany must have remarked the tendency
of the larger rivers to assume a golden burnishment towards sunset, whilst the
smaller streamlets that feed them retain a silvery glitter. Some years ago, I find ...
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,
1847
6
Victorian Women Poets: An Annotated Anthology
All gleamed compact and green with scale on scale, But special burnishment
adorned his mail 20 And special terror weighed upon his frown; His punier
brethren quaked before his tail, Broad as a rafter, potent as a flail. So he grew
lord and ...
7
The New Chinese Empire: And What It Means For The United States
... Burma illustrates the high price the Chinese court could pay for the
burnishment of its imperial self-image. Lucian Pye points out that the first
Burmese tributary mission to China took only cheap gifts, but the Chinese plied
the visitors with ...
He had never seen a gun so close, never been obliged to take such intimate note
of colour, line, markings, burnishment and style, all perfectly pointed up for him in
the glaring sunlight. Does it fire like a gun? Does it kill like a gun, extinguish ...
... gleamed compact and green with scale on scale, But special burnishment
adorned his mail And special terror weighed upon his frown; His punier brethren
quaked before his tail, Broad as a rafter, potent as a flail. So he grew lord and
master ...
10
The Ascended Masters on Soul Mates and Twin Flames: ...
... and subversion of all branches of human divine learning. Beloved ones, I went
from the creche carrying in my heart the great burnishment of the soul who was
and is and shall be forevermore the One Sent as the Christ Light of the ages.
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BURNISHMENT»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
burnishment is used in the context of the following news items.
Hillary Is Passing 2016's Biggest Test—and Jeb Is Flunking
... differences is that those in the latter category don't have to treat the family name as if it's a precious stone, in constant need of burnishment. «The New Republic, May 15»
Ken Watanabe Is A Puzzlement In Stunning 'King And I' Revival …
... the stage and much of the theater with elegant purple and gold hangings and minimal but authentic looking set pieces, lit to a burnishment by ... «Deadline, Apr 15»
Howey: Why Pence will be watching Bush
Pence has made Indiana's Common Core repeal on his watch a consistent policy burnishment. Walker, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and ... «Journal and Courier, Feb 15»
Aaron Sorkin and 'The Newsroom's' Biggest Problem: The Cad At Its …
The treatment of Will, no matter what he does, more often feels like burnishment, not punishment. Will's narcissism is baked into the character, ... «Huffington Post, Aug 12»
Review: West Wind paints a portrait of Tom Thomson
Although this burnishment is undercut later in the film when Jackson writes in a letter: “I may have to use a restraining influence on him,” gently ... «National Post, Apr 12»
How Will the Future Judge Him?
How his art's authority as a disrupter of artistic norms survives the burnishment his works will now receive from the smoothest, most powerful art ... «Wall Street Journal, Feb 12»