10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OWLISHNESS»
Discover the use of
owlishness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
owlishness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body
has found that extreme owl types are three times more common than extreme
larks. Most people fall somewhere in between, with a leaning toward mild to
moderate owlishness—a pattern that often fails to fit well with work routines,
leading to ...
2
Speaking To The Rose: Writings, 1912-1932
The owl of Minerva flies, Hegel thought, at nightfall. Under Minerva's tutelage
Walser certainly was not. Yet there is an owlishness about his narrative gaze.
While forging on with these new translations I have often been made aware of a ...
Robert Walser, Christopher Middleton, 2005
3
The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
Of all owlishness that ever was, there is nothing like that of the rural police,
BARING-GOULD Cmgmum (1893) xlviii. OWLY, adj. Suf.' [eu'li.] Stupid; tired. I 'a
bin up all night an fare kienda owly this morning. OWME, OWMER, see Holm. sb.
4
Alma, Or, The Dead Women
WHAT IS OUR OWLISHNESS ALMA because this owl helped me, though it wasn'
t in the gully it still must have been Alma it was in the past and near the gully
because this owl though she wasn't a burrowing owl helped me in my mind which
is ...
5
Morrow's Almanack for the Year of Our Lord
Imagine my surprise when I asked him what he had that other men had not — or
at least not many of them: "Owlishness !" "Owlishness ?" I asked. "What in
heaven's name do you mean?" "Owlishness. Sitting and looking wise like an owl.
Imagine my surprise when I asked him what he had that other men had not — or
at least not many of them : "Owlishness I" "Owlishness?" I asked. "What in
heaven's name do you mean?" "Owlishness. Sitting and looking wise like an owl.
7
Josh Billings on Ice: And Other Things
JOSH BILLINGS AND THE LEKTUR COMMITTY. • Letters which pass from great
men to great men are often wise to owlishness, and so successfully discursive as
to treat beautifully upon everything but the point at "issoo." Salt Point, Feb.
We found him a pleasant, well-informed Yankee, familiar with the leading facts of
geology, protid even to idolatry of his subterranean property, and with a tinge of
hat-and-owlishness in his visage, which betrayed that he was more at home in ...
9
Shameless (Mills & Boon M&B) (The House of Rohan - Book 5)
A gentleman never showed his liquor, and it was onlythe slight owlishness of
hiseyes that gave any hint that Harryhad already been drinking steadily. “Good
evening,” he managed to reply. “Any luck with Charity? Now there's a field I might
like ...
10
Too Late The Phalarope
And Flip had got very drunk, and had gone from person to person, asking with
besotted owlishness, what's the point of living, what's the point of life? Then in the
extreme of foolishness, he went to Jakob van Vlaanderen himself, sitting in the ...
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OWLISHNESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
owlishness is used in the context of the following news items.
Portland, You're About to Get Finger Banged
... or just those who tend toward night owlishness. Much in the spirit of a Bishop's or a Rudy's, the space features an edgy atmosphere, thanks in ... «The Portland Mercury, Jul 15»
Waking up to 5 sleep fallacies
Women generally fall asleep earlier than men, who tend toward night owlishness. Women, however, tend to control the sleep times in a ... «Bend Bulletin, Nov 12»
Five myths about sleep
Women generally fall asleep earlier than men, who tend toward night owlishness. Women, however, tend to control the sleep times in a ... «Washington Post, Nov 12»
Writing in the Dark
Night-owlishness was a further adaptation, a chance mutation that proved useful for feeding the tribe. I sometimes think about this when I find ... «New York Magazine, May 12»
So you're not a morning person...
Age is another contributory factor, with children more likely to be larkish, then turning to owls in adolescence and reaching a peak of owlishness ... «Independent, Nov 10»
As it happened: US election reaction
1411 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has congratulated Mr Obama, while being strangely secretive about her night-owlishness and viewing/listening/reading ... «BBC News, Nov 08»
