10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STALKINESS»
Discover the use of
stalkiness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
stalkiness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Kipling's Mind and Art, Selected Critical Essays
catch them out by superior stalkiness in the cynical certainty that each has
something to hide. This is not the vision of the Little Friend of All the World. And
when Kim finally comes into his own as a chameleon, the praise the Babu gives
is for a ...
“Stalky, in their school vocabulary, meant clever, well-considered and wily, as
applied to plans of action; and Stalkiness was the one virtue Corkran toiled after.”
Trevor, like Corkran, toiled after that singular quality. Imagine Trevor's delight,
then ...
3
Mark Twain & Company: Six Literary Relations
... a beleaguered segment of the colonial army against each other by employing
the same tactic he once used as a schoolboy to turn one school functionary
unwittingly against a housemaster — drives home the value of Stalkiness for
empire.
4
The Wines of Bordeaux: Vintages and Tasting Notes 1952-2003
A strange mixture of rather sophisticated and concentrated, oaky petits fruits
rouges and a certain thin stalkiness. Better on the palate than on the nose. But
only good. Chateau Haut-Bailly Now-2015 I7-0 Medium colour. Fat, rich, 'old
viney' ...
5
Empire's Children: Empire and Imperialism in Classic British ...
TheOld Thingsof Englandare, perhaps, the originators of British “stalkiness.”
Indeed, the inclusion of fairylike beings—Puck and the Old Things of “Dymchurch
Flit”—inacollection of stories about historical figures may atfirst seem odd, ...
6
Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series
... I storable I spongocoel I stalkiness I storability I spontaneism I stamp I stormer I
spontaneist I stamp hinge I storming I spoom I standardize I straddle I sport I
stand-off I strand 2 sportsdrome I stand-offishly I strange 2, 3 sporty I star I strange
...
J. A. Simpson, Michael Proffitt, E. S. C. Weiner, 1997
7
Every Man His Own Butler
Medical men have sometimes recommended port- wine for this very quality, but it
is a defect in the wine, and will not remedy by age. Some call it stalkiness.
Flavours are not easily defined in their gradations by language, — richness of
flavour ...
8
Victorian Writers and the Image of Empire: The Rose-colored ...
The important illustrations of Stalky's stalkiness are found in many of the stories,
but two of the most imperially connected are in the stories "Slaves of the Lamp (
Part l)" and "Slaves of the Lamp (Part ll)." They are really variations of the same ...
9
Winning and Losing on the Western Front: The British Third ...
It also required a high degree of self-reliance and improvised adaptation to local
circumstance, of 'stalkiness' as celebrated by Kipling, on the part of even low-
level commanders. 172 Secondly, the tradition of qualified, but institutionalised, ...
10
Why We Garden: Cultivating a Sense of Place
... sense in regard to my otherwise purist sensibility, I remember thinking at the
time of planting that this hidden turn in the path would be the perfect place to
group perennials that shared the essential traits of tallness, stalkiness, and
heaviness.
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STALKINESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
stalkiness is used in the context of the following news items.
Fifty Shades of Whatever, I Don't Even Care Anymore, Life Is …
The stalkiness? Extra stalky when you know exactly how far he went with his background check and GPS tracking. The weird initial interview? Painfully weird ... «Feministe, Jul 15»
How to match wine with spicy food
What I hadn't expected was the way its herbal flavours worked so sensationally well with the green, stalkiness of the jalapeños. For reds, gamay (ie Beaujolais) ... «Stuff.co.nz, Mar 15»
I Just Can't Get Enough
Ryan, if you think we haven't already seen all your talent show videos and Mickey Mouse Club clips, you are seriously underestimating the stalkiness of your ... «Cincinnati CityBeat, Mar 15»
Ripeness in a bottle
Just as there are people who like to eat their bananas with a trace of green stalkiness and others who prefer to wait to the brink of brown and mushy collapse, ... «The Guardian, Apr 14»
Carol Emmas: Romania's Cramele Recas – the winery behind the …
This is a well-balanced, well-constructed, gently fruited, smooth wine with none of the green stalkiness that's displayed in many Pinot Noirs at this benchmark ... «Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade Review, Oct 13»
Out with the old
In 1999 the herbal stalkiness dominates, and even with some age under its belt, a wine such as the 1995 still shows a raw, green leafiness. The other newcomer ... «The Age, Aug 05»
