ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OLD
Old English eald; related to Old Saxon ald, Old High German, German alt, Latin altus high.
10 QUOTES WITH «OLD»
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old.
Land began to be seen as something to be owned privately and exploited for private interests, and never was entirely reconciled with the old ideas that land should be utilized in common for the good of all.
A senator will come off Capitol Hill and they'll be barred from two years from lobbying in the Senate. So they'll pick the phone up and they'll call their buddy, the senator, their old buddies, and they'll say, 'Listen, I'm here at this law firm now. I can't lobby you, but my new partner, Jack, can lobby you.'
Buy old masters. They fetch a better price than old mistresses.
I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
It was from an old friend who thought he was dying. Anyway, he said, 'Life and death issues don't come along that often, thank God, so don't treat everything like it's life or death. Go easier.'
My mum's family would all get together, with guitars, harmonica, mandolins and upright bass and play old blues and folk songs. That was normal to me.
It is true I gained muscular vigour, but with it a prodigious appetite, which I was compelled to indulge, and consequently increased in weight, until my kind old friend advised me to forsake the exercise.
A mass of dust, world's momentary slave, Is man, in state of our old Adam made, Soon born to die, soon flourishing to fade.
In the old fairy tales, often a 'moral' was tacked on at the end of the story - say, if a book was going to be marketed to young readers. And the morals don't really suit the stories at all, which makes them super weird - part of why I love the tradition so much. I do play with this, though I am more concerned with ethics than morals.
Old habits are strong and jealous.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OLD»
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old in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
old and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
In this tale, first published serially in 1841 and 1842, Dickens follows Nell Trent, an angelic and unfailingly virtuous girl of "nearly fourteen" and her grandfather as they navigate a world populated by villains, criminals and ne'er-do ...
All the creatures of the earth debate which qualities God possesses, but Old Turtle quiets them all when he says that God is all those things and more, in a deeply satisfying fable about ecology, peace, and the interconnectedness of all ...
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The
Old Man and the Sea
The last novel Ernest Hemingway saw published, The Old Man and the Sea has proved itself to be one of the enduring works of American fiction.
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Up in the
Old Hotel, and Other Stories
A collection of literary portraits looks at waterfront workers, people on the Bowery, Mohawk Indians working on high structural steel, gypsies, itinerant preachers, and others
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A Survey of the
Old Testament
This college level textbook surveys the Old Testament by focusing its primary attention on the purpose and message of each book.
Andrew E. Hill, John H. Walton, 2010
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Old English Grammar & Reader
This book makes learning Old English easy.
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Old Books and New Histories: An Orientation to Studies in ...
Howsam's analysis maps studies of book and print culture onto the disciplinary structure of the North American and European academic world. Old Books and New Histories is also an engaged statement of the historical perspective of the book.
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The
Old, Weird America: The World of Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes
A study of the Basement tapes, recordings made by Bob Dylan and the Band in Woodstock, New York, in 1967, analyzes this secret music never intended for release in terms of its place in contemporary music and in Dylan's career.
Greil Marcus, Bob Dylan, 2001
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A Theological Introduction to the
Old Testament: 2nd Edition
This book has become a standard text in seminary and university classrooms. The purpose of this second edition is to help readers come to a critically informed understanding of the Old Testament as the church's scripture.
Bruce C. Birch, Walter Brueggemann, Terence E. Fretheim, 2011
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A Concise Dictionary of
Old Icelandic
This volume, reprinted from a rare edition, will be indispensable in the study of the prose and poetry of Old Icelandic literature, which is regarded by many scholars as unrivaled among the literatures of medieval Europe.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OLD»
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old is used in the context of the following news items.
Mother charged after six-week-old baby found dead, allegedly with …
A mother charged with murder after her six-week-old baby was found ... The 26-year-old woman, who can't be identified for legal reasons, had ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
I feel closer to Dad when I wear his old clothes
One day in 1963, when I was a few months old, my mum took me out in my pram, leaving Russell in bed with a sore throat. When we returned ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Wife yelled 'She's only 18 years-old!' before driving at cheating …
An angry wife drove her car at her teacher husband after discovering his affair with an 18-year-old former pupil. Barnado's charity worker Maria ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
'Don't do that!' 7-year-old confronts armed intruders
Police are looking for two men they say broke into a Vancouver home, pointed a gun at a seven-year old girl, and injured her grandfather ... «CTV News, Jul 15»
Praise For Prasad, the 72 Year-Old Writer of 'Baahubali' and …
While the hugely successful new Indian films Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Baahubali: The Beginning battle each other for box office supremacy, one ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
Reports: 8-year-old boy struck and killed by vehicle
An 8-year-old boy died after being hit by a vehicle in New Caney on Friday, according to reports. The victim, whose identity has not been ... «Chron.com, Jul 15»
Yes, You Can Use Cortana in Windows 10 With Any Old Microphone
One of the coolest new Windows 10 features is talking to your computer. For many people, it'll be the first time they've had a voice-activated ... «Gizmodo, Jul 15»
Police searching for missing 4-year-old boy with autism in Sheffield …
SHEFFIELD LAKE, Ohio – A 4-year-old boy with autism named Sidney Heidrick is missing from the 4800 block of Lake Road in Sheffield Lake, ... «fox8.com, Jul 15»
Apple iOS 8.4 Hit By A New Old Problem
After promising to fix the functionality stripped from iOS 8.4 in iOS 9, Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod touch software has now been hit by an old ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
Oklahoma Stabbings: 13-Year-Old Girl Identified Her Brothers as the …
Robert Bever's 13-year-old sister identified her two older brothers as her family's attackers before she was rushed to the hospital to undergo ... «People Magazine, Jul 15»
