10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLYPHLOISBIC»
Discover the use of
polyphloisbic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
polyphloisbic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East
Will the sea be polyphloisbic [sic] and wine- dark and unvintageable? Shall I loot
mosaics from St. Sophia, and Turkish Delight? Shall we be a Turning Point in
History? Oh God! I've never been so happy in my life!”12 (Brooke in fact died
before ...
Shareen Blair Brysac, Karl E. Meyer, 2009
2
Winston Churchill: Personal Accounts of the Great Leader at War
Will the sea be polyphloisbic and wine dark and unvintageable? Shall I loot
mosaics from St Sophie's? He was, of course, to do none of these things. He died
of an infection while on the way to the Dardanelles. Perhaps this was as well, ...
3
Classical Victorians: Scholars, Scoundrels and Generals in ...
Will the sea be polyphloisbic and wine-dark and unvintageable? Shall I loot
mosaics from St Sophia, and Turkish Delight and carpets? Should we be a
Turning Point in History ...? I've never been quite so happy in my life, I think.'305
A month ...
4
There's a Word for It (Revised Edition): A Grandiloquent ...
In 1000 Most Obscure Words, Norman W. Schur (who prefers the spelling
polyphloisbic) suggests we use the word to modify “anything that makes a hell of
a noise,” such as “the rush of a New York subway express train” or the metallic ...
Charles Harrington Elster, 2005
5
Stand in the Trench, Achilles: Classical Receptions in ...
It seems to me strategically so possible. Shall we have a Hospital Base (and won'
t you manage it?) at Lesbos? Will Hero's Tower crumble under the 15 in. guns?
Will the sea be polyphloisbic and wine dark and unvintageable (you, of course, ...
6
The strange death of Liberal England [1910-1914]
Will the sea be polyphloisbic and wine-dark and unvintageable? Shall I loot
mosaics from St. Sophia, and Turkish Delight, and carpets? . . . I've never been
quite so happy in my life, I think. Not quite so pervasively happy. . . .” The German
...
Alan Moorehead. imagined Fate could be so kind. . . . Will Hero's Tower crumble
under the 15-inch guns? Will the sea be polyphloisbic and wine- dark and
unvintageable? Shall I loot mosaics from St. Sophia, and Turkish Delight and
carpets?
8
There's a word for it!: a grandiloquent guide to life
In 1000 Most Obscure Words, Norman W Schur (who prefers the spelling
polyphloisbic) suggests we use the word to modify "anything that makes a hell of
a noise," such as "the rush of a New York subway express train" or the metallic ...
Charles Harrington Elster, 1996
9
Red wine of youth: a life of Rupert Brooke
polyphloisbic and wine dark and unvintageable ? Shall I loot mosaics from St.
Sophia, and Turkish Delight, and carpets? . . . I've never been quite so happy in
my life, I think. Not quite so pervasively happy; like a stream flowing entirely to
one ...
10
After The Victorians: The World Our Parents Knew
“(fill the sea be polyphloisbic and wine dark and unvintageahle . . . ? Shall we be
:1 Turning Point in History? Oh, God! 1 have never been quite so happy in my life.
I think. Not quite so pcrvasively happy . . . I suddenly realize that the ambition of ...
