10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NEAR-SIGHTEDLY»
Discover the use of
near-sightedly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
near-sightedly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Prayer and the Will of God
Our view of God's will is bifocal: long-sightedly we see it com- ing, near-sightedly
we fail to recognize it. It is a curious thing that while we in America and England
are more free than most with our counsels of perfection, we are no- ticeably ...
2
Living Texts: Interpreting Milton
Whereas the Italian beauties in the previous fictionalizations of Milton's life gazed
upon the sleeping Cambridge student and were moved by his beauty to compose
poetry and song, Eliot's ardent young Protestant beauty gazes near-sightedly ...
Kristin A. Pruitt, Charles W. Durham, 2000
Settling herself against the pale blue banquet, Beatrice opens her menu flat on
the table then leans near-sightedly close to it. A busboy places glasses of iced
water on our table and when I turn to thank him, he has instantly disappeared.
He peered near-sightedly over at us, and swung his pig- like snout back and forth
in the air. Then he proceeded to the middle of the river. A salmon dashed across
the shallow space, and with a quick movement the bear slapped it back.
I peered around the corner of the shack and found him looking near sightedly at a
blueberry patch which had not borne a berry all summer. I raised the rifle with a
guilty feeling, steadied it on the corner of the shack and squeezed the trigger.
6
Farewell to Arms: The Hemingway Library Edition
She tuckedat herhairand looked at me near-sightedly. “Show them any room
where theycan put me.” “I don't know,” shesaid.“There's no patient expected.
Icouldn't put you in just any room.” “Any room will do,” Isaid.Then to the porterin
Italian, ...
7
The Essential Lippmann: A Political Philosophy for Liberal ...
The movement of history always deceives us when we look near-sightedly at any
phase of it. It is the gift of civilized man, the surest mark to distinguish him, that he
can at times see through the transient and the complicated to the simple and ...
Walter Lippmann, Clinton Rossiter, James Lare, 1982
He moved slowly toward the house, tottering with weakness and because of the
slick mud underfoot; peering near-sightedly this way and that through the murk;
starting at every sound and stopping often to listen. The outlines of a lean-to ...
9
Goofy Comics, Number 19, Manicure Please
“Mes/W '> “s' '5» sea 'ARTY MOLE shuffled along the forest path peering near'
sightedly' through , his thick'lensed glasses. He whistled to to keep his spirits up,
for he was animals avoided him. As he turned oil the path, Marty bumped smack
...
Yojimbo Press LLC, Better/Nedor/Standard/Pines, 1947
10
Lily Daw and the Three Ladies
AIMEE (troubled). To find Lily isn't always easy. MRS. WATTS (frowning and
fanning herself with the letter). This heat! Where in the wide world do you
suppose she'd be? MRS. CARSON (peering near-sightedly). I don't see a sign of
her either ...
Ruth Perry, Eudora Welty, 1972
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NEAR-SIGHTEDLY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
near-sightedly is used in the context of the following news items.
The Logic of Lesser Evilism
For one thing, lesser evil Obama voters may have been looking at their X versus Y choice near-sightedly. Myopia is a chronic problem in ... «CounterPunch, Mar 15»
Spacious Photos of People Living in Shoeboxes
Otherwise, harder for us to sit with, too, is the mind numbing reality of having to stare so near-sightedly at those four walls. (photos: Benny ... «BagNews Notes, May 14»
