10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLERKISH»
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clerkish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
clerkish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
The clerkish man put on his coat; this, hiding his sleeve garters, gave him an air
more suitable to his surroundings. With the wire in his hand he opened the door
opposite the door of the press room; the room beyond, the first of the conference
...
said a clerkish-looking man near the cop's car. “That's when they always rob a
store — holidays and Sundays, if they don't do it at night.” He looked around
authoritatively, seeking appreciation for his knowledge of thieves' lore. But
nobody ...
The clerkish man put on his coat; this, hiding his sleeve garters, gave him an air
more suitable to his surroundings. With the wire in his hand he opened the door
opposite the door of the press room; the room beyond, the first of the conference
...
4
Minority Literatures and Modernism: Scots, Breton, and ...
... lower stratum' indulging in transgression against high clerkish orthodoxy, the
clerkish orthodoxy of our time. The Speaker's persona — as someone who
attends the concert or cultural event yet is capable of satirizing the proceedings,
one ...
5
Diary of a Somebody: Based on the Orton Diaries
When the lights were turned on, I could see he was stupid, smiling and bank-
clerkish. He showed his cock. I let him feel mine. (To CLERKISH MAN.) You have
a place? CLERKISH MAN. No, I don't have the choice of my ACT TWO 67.
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The Pseudo-Gregorian dialogues. 1 (1987)
In particular there is a very obtrusive use of clerkish phrases of "reference back",
quite unlike Gregory's literary practice in his own writings. There are, however,
some affinities between those clerkish traits in the Dialogues and similar features
...
7
The "Gregorian" Dialogues and the Origins of Benedictine ...
One may well ask how that appendix in clerkish style came to be added to the
letter. One possible answer but less likely answer is that Gregory, wishing to
associate the abbot and prior of St Andrews with his letter of appreciation to their
...
8
White Tie and Decorations: Sir John and Lady Hope Simpson in ...
... a genuine instance of the Bakhtinian 'material bodily lower stratum' indulging in
transgression against high clerkish orthodoxy, the clerkish orthodoxy of our time.
The Speaker's persona - as someone who attends the concert or cultural event ...
Peter Neary, John Hope Simpson, Sir, 1997
9
Three Late Medieval Morality Plays: Everyman, Mankind and ...
... spiritual state. 43 cf. also lines 183–4, 736; also Man's question in Nature, p. 94
: 'Quid est Latinum propterlestewys? andYouth's taunt toCharity (Youth 113–22):
What! methink. yebe. clerkish,. For ye speak good gibb'rish . . . followed by.
10
The rise and fall of the British manager
The main differences seem to me to occur between those in clerkish callings (that
is, those who deal primarily in the symbolic world of words and figures expressed
, when it matters, on paper) and those (let me call them converters) who, from ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLERKISH»
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clerkish is used in the context of the following news items.
Amped Up in Turkey
The clerkish Kemal Kilicdaroglu, who succeeded Baykal in 2010, has repeatedly appealed for more calm in Turkish politics and tried to shed ... «Foreign Affairs, Jun 15»
Book Review | Age Of Ambition
Where a writer's subjectivity is called for, one only finds a reporter's meticulous, clerkish accumulation. Even when he possesses characters rich ... «Livemint, Oct 14»
Searching for a Clerk
Clerkish sources have been at pains to point out that wearing a wig is not incompatible with management skills. The current system, they note, ... «BBC News, Jun 14»
A selfie state of mind: How the British perfected the art of the self …
... photo-pieces, the clerkish gents appeared with solemn or quizzical expressions surrounded by dystopian images of east London where they ... «The Independent, Apr 14»
Twelfth Night, Liverpool Everyman, review
... Belch, Paul Duckworth's gender-bending, guitar-strumming Feste and Nicholas Woodeson's wonderfully stern-faced, bank-clerkish Malvolio. «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 14»
Arizona Explained: Harvey Butchart was Grand Canyon's trailblazer
Although his slight build and gold-rimmed glasses gave him something of a clerkish look, Butchart could walk 16 hours a day for days on end, ... «azcentral.com, Nov 13»
A century on, Stravinsky's Rite still summons the caveman
The 100th anniversary of the short work by the then-little-known, bespectacled and clerkish composer, who somehow distilled man's primitive ... «Times of Malta, May 13»
Kentucky Democrats Are Still Playing Mitch McConnell's Game
Nearly 30 years ago, the former county judge of Jefferson County -- a clerkish Republican from Alabama named McConnell -- busted up this ... «Huffington Post, Apr 13»
Watership Down
One of them, The Girl in a Swing, is a love story of such eroticism that it's difficult to believe the same clerkish-looking man wrote both books. «Metroland, Oct 12»
Excerpt from: Tarun Tejpal - The Story of My Assassins
The public prosecutor — a balding clerkish-looking man like my father, but with the alert eyes of a shopkeeper — said to me, "Do you know ... «Asia Society, Aug 12»
