10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CROTCHETINESS»
Discover the use of
crotchetiness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
crotchetiness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
But I understand that he requires his students to attain a specified degree of
crotchetiness before he'll sign their dissertations.” “I'll match my students'
crotchetiness against your students' cockiness any time,” Harmon shot back. “So,
Michael ...
Duncan developed a crotchetiness, and a stoop and George built Cleante into a
clueless and whimsical boy who rushed onstage barely knowing which room he
was entering. Then his father would reduce Cleante to a desperate schemer, too
...
I should have been truly glad to live at peace with every one; but the ignorance,
crotchetiness, and obstinacy of all, both rich and poor, in this place, are amazing,
sir. You are a stranger and un prejudiced; and I should very much like your ...
And in what must be her last film role, as the Dowager Queen — so old and
fragile as to make even her crotchetiness ethereal, and her' celebrated querulous
tones downright translucent — there is Dame Edith Evans, whom Forbes used to
...
5
Private Interest & Public Gain: The Dartmouth College Case, 1819
The President's uncompromising attitude, his immeasurable suspicions, his
cantankerous behavior, his crotchetiness, without show of tact and reason, had
laid the foundation for the struggle that was to follow, a struggle for power in this
little ...
6
Lotte in Weimar: The Beloved Returns
... a strangely sudden fatigue and unwellness; then a turn of his nature, a rigid
routine: Weimar, Jena, Karlsbad, Jena, Weimar; a growing desire for solitude;
pedantry, aloofness, intolerance, crotchetiness, affectation — a sort of possession
.
7
Harvey Cushing : A Life in Surgery: A Life in Surgery
Although she privately cursed his quirks and crotchetiness, Miss Stanton idolized
the Chief and needed little persuasion from Fulton to begin to see herself as also
a bit of a Boswell, or at least a Pepys. Under Fulton's influence, she too began ...
Michael Bliss Professor of History University of Toronto, 2005
8
Constructing Mark Twain: New Directions in Scholarship
... (in their perfected forms), a book is organic by nature and subject therefore to
exhaustion and crotchetiness. In the middle of writing Tom Sawyer, Clemens
says, “the story made a sudden and determined halt and refused to proceed
another ...
Laura E. Skandera Trombley, Michael J. Kiskis, 2011
Catriona, conditioned to a matriarchal environment and knowing that the old
woman's bouts of crotchetiness were merely her way of asserting her intention of
remaining mistress of the house for as long as she was able, accepted her
inferior ...
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Journey to Vaja: Reconstructing the World of a ...
"Go on," my father said, crotchetiness forgotten, tears of remembrance and
pleasure flowing in runnels down his face. "Go on. Don't change a word." And so I
would go on in the waning light of day, the seagulls below screeching, the drone
of ...
Elaine Kalman Naves, 1996
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CROTCHETINESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
crotchetiness is used in the context of the following news items.
Frank Miller's All Star Batman & Robin Is So Bad, It's Actually …
Of course, as Frank Miller's descent into madness and crotchetiness over the years has irrefutably proven, this could not have been his ... «io9, Jun 15»
Lil Mama's "Sausage" Party is Beautiful, in Every Single Way
Yes, we can all agree that it's just a great, supremely fun song, one that's tough to dislike without delving into horrible crotchetiness. In fact, try ... «Papermag, May 15»
Trainor: Saying goodbye to television friends
But the inventiveness, crotchetiness and smarts he brought to late night will live on, not least of which in Stephen Colbert, who will take over ... «East Oregonian, May 15»
Love in the throes of constipation
Amitabh Bachchan too inhabits Bhashkor with endearing old-age crotchetiness. We are shown his physical vulnerabilities, but are not left alone ... «The Asian Age, May 15»
Review: Arena Stages' Vanya: much frisk but no risk
Vanya, played with spectacular crotchetiness by Eric Hissom, and his sister Sonia, embodied with exceptional talent by Sherri Edelen, are ... «DC Theatre Scene, Apr 15»
Finney: A deadly video, would you publish it?
... keeps me revitalized and focused and prevents me from going too far down the "get off my lawn" crotchetiness that I embrace a bit too easily. «DesMoinesRegister.com, Feb 15»
Rex Murphy's dilapidated take on feminism is just plain wrong
He also reserves some prolix vitriol for that spiky-haired hoyden Miley Cyrus and Girls creator Lena Dunham (who is some kind of crotchetiness ... «Edmonton Journal, Dec 14»
What You Should Never Call An Older Person
... hopefulness, adaptability, and "old" with negative traits like dullness, loss of interest in new ideas or activities, crotchetiness and inflexibility. «Huffington Post, Dec 14»
RINGING IN THE HOLIDAY SEASON WITH TRINITY REP'S A …
Sullivan's Scrooge retains his trademark crotchetiness but with the hilarious touch of a stand-up comedian. Not that this production is all light ... «The Westerly Sun, Nov 14»
Towering John Lithgow Dominates 'Delicate Balance' Revival On …
“The individuality we hold so dearly sinks into crotchet.” Not Tobias for mere crotchetiness. Nor for Albee, either, who knew a vacuum when he ... «Deadline.com, Nov 14»
