10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNPOLISHABLE»
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The Works of Walter Savage Landor
... word less expressive and direct, would be the most contcmptiblc and ludicrous
of pedantry: and, were it anywhere reduced to practice in the conversation of
ordinary life, it would manifestly designate a coarsegrained unpolishable people.
Walter Savage Landor,
1853
... durable than those made entirely of iron, and that as the emery is, unlike iron,
unpolishable, the plugs give a sure aud unfailing foothold, of special advantage
on roads made of wood and asphalte. IMPEOVED BOLTS. W. Bbenton, Polbathic
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Cornwall Polytechnic Society,
1890
The unpolishable ruggedness of the national character is still an impediment to
them, even in that particular line where they are best qualified to excel. Though
often present at good men's feasts, I remember only a single dinner, which, while
...
Nathaniel Hawthorne,
1876
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Our Old Home, and English Note-books
The unpolishable ruggedness of the national character is still an impediment to
them, even in that particular line where they are best qualified to excel. Though
often present at good men's feasts, I remember only a single dinner, which, while
...
Nathaniel Hawthorne,
1889
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The Secret Press in Belgium
These 1 Indecrottable means uncleanable, unpolishable, rude, incorrigible,
unteachable, intractable. Crotter means to dirty, to defoul; crottin is dung. The
play of words, which is untranslatable, refers to the peculiar stercoral relics
deposited by ...
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: A Work of Universal ...
... unpillaged unpinned unpitiable unpitied unplaned unplastered unplated
unpledged unplighted unplowed unpolarized unpolishable un political
unpolitically unpooled unpopulated unpotable unpowdered un praised
unprayerful unpreeeded ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith,
1895
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Our Old Home: Septimius Felton. Fanshawe. The Dolliver ...
The unpolishable ruggedness of the nationa\ character is still an impediment to
them, even in that particular line where they are best qualified to excel. Though
often present at good men's feasts, I remember only a single dinner, which, while
...
Nathaniel Hawthorne,
1876
The unpolishable ruggedness of the national character is still an impediment to
them, even in that particular line where they are best qualified to excel. Though
often present at good men's feasts, I remember only a single dinner, which, while
...
Nathaniel Hawthorne,
1891
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International Exhibition, 1876. [Reports]
Supposing the street to be kept reasonably clean, the difference in slipperiness
between wood blocks, unpolishable stone blocks, and a continuous surface of
asphalt is not great, although sufficient, perhaps, to place asphalt at a
disadvantage ...
United States Centennial Commission, Dorsey Gardner,
1880
By contrast with Mr. Brassey's shag- bark rusticity and unpolishable gnarli- ness
of internal fibre, the irritable but unselfish and profoundly tender Macklin seemed
a gentleman of the old school, or at least one of nature's gentlemen. Moreover ...
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNPOLISHABLE»
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unpolishable is used in the context of the following news items.
unleash the deficit
Enter the unpolishable turd of the 2014-15 Budget and a deficit of $40.4 billion. The Budget contained $30 billion worth of savings over the forward estimates ... «The Australian, May 15»
George Lucas Talks 'Star Wars' Fluke & Early Career at Tribeca Film …
“Yes,” Colbert joked, “it's an unpolishable turd!” The suits decided to cut five minutes out of the movie “because they could,” but it wasn't like it made a difference ... «Biography, Apr 15»
Seventh Son review – dull-as-ditchwater fantasy romp
You have to admire a movie which takes a gold-star cast (Julianne Moore, Jeff Bridges, Alicia Vikander) and creates such an unpolishable turd. «The Guardian, Mar 15»
Former Nexus chief 'gobsmacked'
But he contended some of the Nexus directors came from a culture where ''they really do try to polish the unpolishable''. He said he joined Nexus because he ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 11»
Why it's so hard to pass health-care reform
This turd is unpolishable. It sucks, and We The People know it. Dump it and start over. Or better yet, start working on problems that people give a carp about, not ... «Washington Post, Jan 10»