10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TIP-TILTED»
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tip-tilted in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
tip-tilted and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
121 This 'Chinese pavilion' (left) in the garden of St Jan ten Heere (1770) is
typical of the genre, with the tip-tilted eaves of the building giving a sufficiently
exotic air, while the clipped hedges and raised curved banks are still wholly in
the ...
Christopher Thacker,
1985
Arrived at years of discretion, the maiden proceeds to choose the style of beauty
she prefers. Will she be a Juno, a Venus, or a Helen? Will she have a Grecian
nose, or one tip-tilted like the petal of a rose? Let her try the tip-tilted style first.
Jerome Klapka Jerome,
1989
3
Our Savage Art: Poetry and the Civil Tongue
only there, in a little, slightly tip-tilted graveyard where all of your Childhood's
Christmas trees are forgathered with the presents they meant to give, and your
childhood's river quietly curls at your side and breathes deep with each tide.
4
The Brunelli Baby Bargain (Mills & Boon Modern)
That there was the creamy glowing tint to her skin, the delicious sprinkling of
freckles across the bridge of her tip-tilted nose, the glorious Titian of her Pre-
Raphaelite curls, and most of all he hadn't known about the colour of her eyes, ...
“You couldn't have tried harder than I did,” the little woman answered, and the tip-
tilted nose looked quite pathetic; “for I just hate to be buried right down there in
Kentucky! However, Elihu is the sort of man a woman can neither drive nor lead;
...
6
Virgin on Her Wedding Night
The outfit at least fitted her delicate figure and made her look much younger than
her years. The shirt also lent a reflected purple depth to her silvery eyes, while
less innocently outlining the rounded, tip-tilted firmness of her small bosom.
7
Cobwebs From an Empty Skull
His mien was hostile, his stride puissant, his nose tip-tilted—not to put too fine a
point upon it, petallic. Don Hemstitch was upon the war-path with all his might.
The forest trembled as he trode, the earth bent like thin ice beneath his heel.
Birds ...
Mondevalcon is a snarl of streets, a tip-tilted tangle running across the hills that
rise between the harbor and the high black mountains inland. Even with the new
electric streetlights going up, there is a lot of darkness here at night, and of
course ...
Darrell Schweitzer, Martin Harry Greenberg,
2010
Imagine I " I fancy I hear some dear creature with nose " tip-tilted like a flower "
exclaim, " any sensible woman believing in cards." And yet Napoleon believed in
them, and regulated the fate of nations by them ; and the only times he neglected
...
10
Do You Remember Tulum?: Novella in the Form of a Love Letter
You took my hand and squeezed it, gave me that tip-tilted grin of yours, half
hidden by mustache. Then you stood up briskly and announced that you needed
some sleep, you had to go to work in the morning. Keenan had a grin rather like ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TIP-TILTED»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
tip-tilted is used in the context of the following news items.
David Graeber's Utopia of Rules tackles bureaucracy
His analysis may sometimes seem far-fetched, but it is wonderful to have the world tip-tilted so it can be examined from unusual angles. Even free-market ... «The Australian, May 15»
Ravilious, Dulwich Picture Gallery
The sense of almost titillating unease is subliminally exacerbated by the fact that the scene is not quite straight, the ceiling of the carriage slightly tip-tilted. «The Arts Desk, Apr 15»
Bella Thorne looks chic after spending time with new boyfriend …
Not surprisingly, Bella's eyes honed in on her cell phone, searching for messages as she strolled down the busy airport terminal in brown-tinted, tip-tilted shades ... «Daily Mail, Mar 15»
Chicago murder — and all that jazz
... appealing blue eyes; tip-tilted nose; translucent skin, faintly, very faintly, rouged, an ingenuous smile; refined features, intelligent expression — an 'awfully nice ... «Chicago Tribune, Mar 15»
Zoë Wanamaker reveals her greatest fear
Her impish face is dominated by bright eyes of changing colour, a tip-tilted nose and her thin, bow-shaped smile. At 65, she still resemembles an elusive ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
Will Self: I couldn't believe the Hovel was as bad as Nick Lezard …
He led me up tip-tilted stairs past a half-landing piled high with old wine boxes; on the scruffy carpet pile lay dust-devils the size of tumbleweeds, while the walls ... «New Statesman, Dec 14»
Kristin Chenoweth trades her casual leggings for chic pink top and …
Kristin happily chatted away on her phone and smiled wide behind her tip-tilted sunglasses, her fair complexion showing no obvious hint of make-up just hours ... «Daily Mail, Nov 14»
RACHEL JOHNSON: I'd fix my wonky nose. But it belongs to my …
Even though I went to a London day school where girls with real noses – ie anything more than a tip-tilted snub – received rhinoplasty for their 18th birthdays, ... «Daily Mail, Mar 14»
Nancy Kaffer: Detroit city government remains a mess under Kevyn Orr
Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr was appointed to balance the city's woefully tip-tilted books; no less important was Orr's charge to fix Detroit's broken ... «Detroit Free Press, Oct 13»
The age-old question all women - and their partners - ask …
When I was young, I never thought I looked like her. She was always a pretty woman, with wide-spaced blue-grey eyes, a tip-tilted nose and deep dimples when ... «Daily Mail, Aug 13»