10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUFFERIES»
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pufferies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
pufferies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
It was something elucidatory of the life of Lord Lyttelton that we hoped for, and not
the vapid pufferies of Moore, and the clumsy prosing of Doddridge, with which Mr.
Phillimore has encumbered his pages. We must now pursue that life by the ...
William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart,
1846
And you—you little shuttlecocks! that from our hearts rebound With hearts as light
as cork, and with fine feathers stuck all round, Such pufferies to puff-balls leave,
and never, never more Go fighting 'gainst the wind, nor make our breasts your ...
... all—whether those advertising folks who promise hair, and teeth, and colour,
are all impostors alike, and can do nothing for one, or whether they have really
something upon which to found their gigantic pufferies. A man of genuine science
, ...
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Who Is Phaedrus?: Keys to Plato's Dyad Masterpiece
α) Textual Abbreviation The Introduction that follows makes the beginning of the
case that Plato's dialogues are more than elongated pufferies of poetry that buffet
the philosophical parts that really matter. However, regarding Phaedrus in ...
Marshell Carl Bradley,
2012
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Ethics as Social Conscience
The lack of fixity suggests something more: the norms commonly taught as
commandments or held up as eternal standards are pufferies. It is worth taking a
look at a few of those bon mots. The Golden Rule “Do unto others as you would
have ...
Walter L. Battaglia,
2007
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The Poems of Eugene Field
... And many a noble bit of news I managed to acquire By those discreet
attentions which all farmer-folk admire, With my daily commentary On affairs of
farm and dairy, The tone of which anon with subtle pufferies I 'd vary, — Oh, many
a peck of ...
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Alma mater; or, Seven years at the University of Cambridge. ...
Turtle, and all other fishy delicacies, haunches and pasties of venison, a baron of
beef, and all sorts of such specimens of baronial hospitality ; tarts and pufferies
garnished and decorated with all the devices a cookship* of two thousand per ...
John Martin F. Wright,
1827
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Alma Mater: Or, Seven Years at the University of Cambridge
Turtle, and all other fishy delicacies, haunches and pasties of venison, a baron of
beef, and all sorts of such specimens of baronial hospitality ; tarts and pufferies
garnished and decorated with all the devices a cookship* of two thousand per ...
John Martin Frederick Wright,
2010
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The History Of Candid; Or, All For The Best: With The Life ...
... of a man, I af- fure you, anfwered the Abbe, one who gets his livelihood by
abufing every new book and play that is written or performed ; he abominates to
fee any one meet with fuccefs, like eunuchs, who deteft every one that pufferies
thofe ...
... book, we were going to content ourselves with saying, that ever fell under Olll'
critical notice; but we mock our own convictions, and the interests of our readers,
if we do not add, the most impudent specimen of the Burlington Street pufferies.
8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUFFERIES»
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pufferies is used in the context of the following news items.
There's Only One Thing That Could Actually Get Bill O'Reilly in …
... David Corn in Mother Jones, fits that narrative all too well. (As Grandin and others point out, O'Reilly's personal pufferies are the least of his reportorial sins.) ... «The Nation., Feb 15»
Meet Bojo, the Chelsea Flower Show's crocheted gorilla
"Broken biscuits have no calories," says one woman as she dives into the box of Fudges Stilton and Port "pufferies" and glugs at a glass of rosé. One table is ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 14»
LA restaurants: Top 13 spots on hotter-than-ever Sawtelle Boulevard
Among the chock-a-block restaurants there are not one but two kaiten (revolving) sushi bars, soba specialists and cream-pufferies, punctuated by karaoke bars ... «Los Angeles Times, Jan 14»
The imperfect charm of Peter Kaplan
Her work was not ruined for me later on, when I was a moody grad student besotted with Spy magazine, which gleefully exposed the pufferies and paybacks ... «Capital New York, Dec 13»
Gangnam Style video now the most 'liked' ever on YouTube
As is, this CNet article, is yet another "puff piece" in the weekly smorgasboord of pufferies offered by CNET. But, you have to give credit to this author for some ... «CNET, Sep 12»
Brad Pitt 'Killing Them Softly' At Cannes: This Year's Drive?
... and Bush Jr's bluster about economic recovery – in the film relegated to empty pufferies – Cogan delivers lines like, “I like to kill 'em softly, from a distance” and ... «The Inquisitr, May 12»
Avoid the top 10 resume mistakes
Employers do read your resume objective, but too often they plow through vague pufferies like, "Seeking a challenging position that offers professional growth. «New York Daily News, Feb 12»
Elizabeth Gilbert's Year of Prayer
... Elizabeth Gilbert followed as she crossed the globe seeking God -- and none of the arrogant anti-religion pufferies exuded in Dennett's Breaking the Spell. «Bookslut, Apr 06»