10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE BOCHE»
Discover the use of
the Boche in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
the Boche and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918. Excerpt: .
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The Philosophy of David Kaplan
If the inference rules for 'Boche' constitute a conservative extension of a civilized
system of rules for the 'Boche'-free part of the language, then they do not explain
what is offensive about even such statements as 'If Lessing was a Boche, then ...
Joseph Almog Professor of Philosophy UCLA, Italy Paolo Leonardi Professor of Philosophy University of Bologna, 2009
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The U.S. Air Service in World War I, Volume IV: Postwar Review
A very common trick of the Boche is to distract your attention with a small patrol
which he hopes you will keep constantly watching, and have, by prearrangement,
another single plane (or patrol) attack you from the direction of the Sun.
OFFICE OF AIR FORCE HISTORY WASHINGTONDC., 1979
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Recollections of
the Great War in Air
Finally they got together; the boche was a biplane and had the edge on Genet.
Almost the first shot got Genet in the cheek. Fortunately it was only a deep flesh
wound, and another shot almost broke the stanchion, which supports the wings, ...
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American Voices of World War I: Primary Source Documents, ...
All of a sudden a streak of fire came out of one of the Boche machines and then
she hegan to fall. One whole aeroplane burned in no time at all, and the Boche,
realizing that they were goners, jumped. The machine and men dashed to earth ...
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The collected works of Sir Humphry Davy ...: Discourses ...
By the river was a broad, green field, smooth as a prepared golf course, and the
Boche made for this. He just missed several telegraph wires and then made an
absolutely perfect landing without so much as a bounce. I was afraid he would try
...
Sir Humphry Davy, John Davy, 1918
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Sex Drives: Fantasies of Fascism in Literary Modernism
Generally, the figuring of the boche has phallic or sexual overtones: the boche
usually stands erect and the French victim is supine (as in the illustration of Miss
Cavell) and often partially nude. When the French hero is standing, the boche is ...
Laura Catherine Frost, 2002
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99 Cent Adventure Time Stories Shotguns for Two
growled Martin, hunching into the old trench and pulling Scanlon down beside
him. “Drag some brush over us. The Boche will come looking for us in a minute
and they won't be any too pleased that we've discovered their new gun positions.
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The World War I Memoirs of Don V. Paradis, Gunnery Sergeant, ...
The "Boche" is sure on the run and if he don't pull some trick I think he will squeal
and squeal harder than ever before. It has taken some time for the weight of the
United States to show but it has shown now and in every way. You folks back ...
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Pennsylvanian Voices of
the Great War: Letters, Stories and ...
You have heard and read of towns being raided by the Boche planes at night and
of the deadly work of machine guns that they carry in their combat planes. The
morning of the 9th of November, we had advanced our lines halfway up the slope
...
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE BOCHE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
the Boche is used in the context of the following news items.
Excerpts from the diary of Woodman Leonard
The Boche brought down one of our planes in flames to the east and forced down another in the rear. The latter made a good landing, as I could see the crew ... «The Cold Lake Sun, Nov 14»
The First World War: Excerpts from the diary of Woodman Leonard
Up at 6.30, and by hard riding reach group Headquarters and found things considerably mixed up there, as the Boche had burst a few shells very close and the ... «Toronto Sun, Sep 14»
How we beat the Boche — at sidecar racing
There's courage, there's fearlessness, and then there's the sort of sublime audacity you need to do something like sidecar racing. Stan Dibben, 87, has it in ... «Spectator.co.uk, Nov 13»
Why we still love bashing the Boche: As we face Germany in the …
Beating the Boche at their second national sport - the first one is war, silly - is even more fun than trouncing the Aussies at cricket. Send-up: Basil Fawlty (John ... «Daily Mail, Jun 10»
The Tommy the Boche couldn't kill: The extraordinary trench diaries …
A Shakespeare lover and comedy writer, he was no ordinary soldier. Now, 100 years on, his trench diaries - found in a bin bag - bring vividly to life his story of ... «Daily Mail, Oct 09»
How late MP Iain Mcleod took on the Boche with a holster full of …
Love poems and personal papers belonging to the late Conservative MP Iain Macleod have been found, including a raffish account of his landing at D-Day with ... «Daily Mail, Oct 09»
Book gives 'Boche babies' a voice
"Enfants maudits" - or "Accursed Children" - collects in print, for the first time, memories of the tens of thousands of so-called "Bastards of the Boche", the ... «BBC News, May 04»
