10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POINT OF HONOUR»
Discover the use of
point of honour in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
point of honour and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mrs. Pargeter's
Point of Honour: A Mrs. Pargeter's Mystery
It's like stealing in reverse -- returning the works of art so that the owners never know where they have been and how they have reappeared. There are, of course, a few troubling details, such as customs inspectors and security systems.
On the mean streets of Regency London, a truly different adventure-with an unforgettable heroine In a Regency London that isn't quite the one we know, young women of family whose reputations have been ruined are known as the Fallen.
Madeleine E. Robins, 2005
A clear-cut distinction was drawn between nif, the point of honour, and h'urma,
honour, which is everything that is h'aram, that is, forbidden, everything that
makes the group vulnerable, its most sacred possession (from which there
follows the ...
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The Politics and Culture
of Honour in Britain and Ireland, ...
The growing body of excellent work on French honour culture is consistently
constrained by political boundaries.22 Even the classic studies of the Italian '
point of honour' subsume inter-state differences under the blanket descriptor, '
Italian'.23 ...
A world-renowned knight in the virtual reality land of "Chivalry," Mary de Courcy sees her fantasy and real worlds collide when someone attempts to kill her after she wins the virtual manor of St. Chad's-on-Wye. Original.
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The Annual Register, Or, A View
of the History, Politics, ...
pie, against me. I might without any loss of honour retreat before you. I will,
however, have one brush more with you both, before I quit the field.—Suppose
then we enlarge our question, and taking a wider circuit, see how the point of
honour ...
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The Annual Register
of World Events: A Review
of the Year
Suppose then we enlarge our question, and taking a wider circuit, see how the
point of honour affects the general good of mankind. In the first place, gentlemen,
consider that species of go. ▽eminent which we call an army. It is upheld by the ...
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Outline
of a Theory
of Practice
response from the group's point of honour: just as a murder is “paid back”, but at
a higher rate, by striking if possible at the person closest to the murderer or the
most prominent member in his group, so a piece of ancestral land, even a not
very ...
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The European Magazine, and London Review
The Point of Honour, a sentimental comedy, translated from the French, has been
acted for the apparent purpose of giving Miss F. II. Kc'ly another opportunity of
appearing before a Loudon audience. We cannot conceive that the character of ...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
Goth, Scythian, American Indian, have all alike placed the point of honour in the
suppression of any feeling whatsoever of a purely personal or selfish nature, as
physical suffering must necessarily be. It is the Greeks who are the exceptions, ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POINT OF HONOUR»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
point of honour is used in the context of the following news items.
Samsung Galaxy Note 5 UK release date, price, specification rumours
It is a point of honour for Samsung that its flagship Galaxy Note has an unsurpassed specification when it launches. So expect fireworks. «PC Advisor, Jul 15»
Quebecor proud supporter of the Festival de musique émergente
In particular, we make it a point of honour to support our emerging Québec musical artists. We wish all Festival-goers an electrifying musical ... «Stockhouse, Jul 15»
Dennis O'Keefe: Battling for Britain in the shadow of war
In this part of industrial Yorkshire it was a point of honour to keep playing the game during the war. Alongside the letters and parcels sent to the ... «Yorkshire Post, Jul 15»
Italian parliament approves school reform, despite protests
Renzi had made it a point of honour to complete the reform, even after resentment over its contents was blamed for his Democratic Party (PD)'s ... «Europe Online Magazine, Jul 15»
The UpBeat: Canadian immigration stories, from the heartwarming …
It is a point of honour for him that he has worked since arriving in Canada, currently as a custodian in a Kanata school. “In the Congo, you ... «Ottawa Citizen, Jun 15»
SEAT Leon SC Cupra 280 Sub8: Review
But as a point of honour it's reasonable to expect performance claims used as key marketing tool are reflected in the product you can actually ... «Pistonheads.com, Jun 15»
Why are there so many duels in literature?
... at a duel carrying an umbrella, lest he catch cold, the man who risks his life for a point of honour should perform with a certain insouciance. «New Statesman, Jun 15»
Breaking: Berlin Phil is rumoured to have chosen a music director
There is no sign yet that he has changed his mind – unless his recent Bayreuth anger at Thielemann has made it a point of honour to accept. «Slipped Disc, Jun 15»
Top of the food chain
Within the show, there are discussions on the morality of hunting and killing for meat. One serial killer makes it a point of honour to utilize every ... «Livemint, May 15»
HALF-ART: Narcissistic Venice piece lacking in nuance and intellect
... "literary" authors), for whom it is a professional point of honour to stand by words penned long ago even though we have changed our minds. «BDlive, May 15»
