10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTORTIONATE»
Discover the use of
contortionate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
contortionate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Aid. N. B. Aukerman and his camera that "streamlines" its pictures. Right, note
how model is made taller in the first picture, producing a more graceful figure
DESCRIBED as a "contortionate" camera, capable of making a photographic
subject ...
But there he was, notwithstanding, dressed like everybody, and surveying the
contortionate scene of a prefectoral hop, with the smileless face and the serious
gaze of a man who has some sort of idea that he is being hoaxed, and would like
to ...
William Makepeace Thackeray,
1871
This might be described to be a musical interment — they proceeded, at such a
slow and mournful walk — Ragwite Bcla leading and drawing out wailing strokes
with contortionate agonies— sometimes laving his fiddle like a dish under his ...
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For Documentary: Twelve Essays
If the shot of Son's feet is to be accorded documentary meaning, then, it must be
not simply as "a shot from Son's viewpoint" but as a shot obtained in the
contortionate manner already described: a shot used upside down, with feet
which should ...
5
Princeton Alumni Weekly
Another night “La Gata" acted strangely and became most contortionate. We
feared more kittens, but no. it was only that she had swallowed a piece of tarred
rope, thinking no doubt that it was finnan haddie— they do smell alike! Do we
pass ...
6
Delphi Complete Works of John Galsworthy (Illustrated)
Theyhadso muchsoul, andthat so contortionate, thatshe could not even keep her
attention on them long enough to discover why they were notalive. Michael
brought her book after book, with the words, “This is supposed to be clever,” or ...
To evade him would require some quite contortionate maneuvers or a rather
undignified retreat on my part. My pride cannot allow either option. His eyes
regard me with a rather peculiar look in them. I can't seem to drag mine away
either.
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Common Sense and the Curriculum
But what is so depressing is that so much time and energy should be expended
on contortionate attempts to justify physical activities as intellectually respectable,
when there is no need to do so. To proceed as if there were a need to do it, is to ...
They had so much soul, and that so contortionate, that she could not even keep
her attention on them long enough to discover why they were not alive. Michael
brought her book after book, with the words, " This is supposed to be clever," or ...
10
Mammon and Manon in Early New Orleans: The First Slave ...
... redhibitory vices, regarded as mental defects, especially when a slave was "
addicted" to running away, which forced the court into a variety of contortionate
positions, revealing both the assertiveness of slaves and the profound
contradictions ...
Thomas N. Ingersoll,
1999
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONTORTIONATE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
contortionate is used in the context of the following news items.
Beethoven sets the tone
Debussy is more comfortable, less contortionate." But there are a surprising number of similarities, especially in their refusal to be confined by ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 14»
Church Of England Modernizing Self To Oblivion
... there are many internal contradictions and discontinuities, which can be papered over only with the most contortionate verbal acrobatics. «The American Conservative, Jun 14»
Crossword roundup: Where Bagpuss meets Garbo
... a wobbling plastic plank while holding the cafe's loo door closed with one leg will appreciate the contortionate wordplay in this Times clue . «The Guardian, Mar 14»