10 LIBRI IN INGLESE ASSOCIATI CON «GROWLERY»
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Capital Speculations: Writing and Building Washington
Douglass's name for his retreat — "The Growlery" — suggests a lion's den, but
the Oxford English Dictionary traces the name to Dickens, and it indeed refers to
a gentleman's study. In Bleak House, a character shows his study to a guest: "this
...
2
Living Large: A Big Man's Ideas on Weight, Success, and ...
In 1993, Carol and I, needing more space and a guest room, bought a second
apartment a few doors down the hall from the one that we lived in. The main room
of this apartment became my home office. We called it the Growlery—a reference
...
Michael S. Berman, Laurence Shames,
2006
If Bleak House were still standing — the old Bleak House, of course — and we
could make a pilgrimage to it, I suppose it would be to the Growlery that we
should first turn our steps. It must ever be by far the most interesting room in the
house.
It doesn't pay to be cross, — It '8 not worth while to try it; For Mammy's eyes so
sharp Are very sure to spy it: A pinch on Billy's arm, A snarl or a sullen gloom, No
longer we stay, but must up and away To the Howlery Growlery room. Chorus.
Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards,
1917
“This is the Growlery,” Simon says, slidinginto a booth. Most of the stools at the
bar are taken, even though it's only four onaSaturdayafternoon. The clienteleis
amixof journeymen andcollege students. “WhenI'm in a bad mood, I come and
growl ...
I think we may have done with the Growlery for one day ! ... his letters, and to
answer some of them for him in the Growlery of a morning, to find how the great
object of the lives of nearly all his correspondents appeared to be to form
themselves ...
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The National Park Architecture Sourcebook
A short distance from the house is the reconstructed "Growlery." Borrowing from
Dickens's Bleak House ("This, you must know, is the growlery. When I am out of
humour, I come and growl here."}, Douglass used the small stone building with a
...
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Bleak House, Vol. I ~ Paperbound
"This, you must know, is the Growlery. When I am out of humour, I come and
growl here.'" " You must be here very seldom, sir,'1 said I. " O, you don't know me !
" he returned. " When I am THE GROWLERY. 115 deceived or disappointed in ...
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Charles Dickens's Bleak House: A Sourcebook
'These are things I never talk about, or even think about, excepting in the
Growlery,3 here. If you consider it right to mention them to Rick and Ada,' looking
seriously at me, 'you can. I leave it to your discretion, Esther.' 'I hope, sir' - said I. 'I
think ...
'This, you must know,is the growlery. WhenI am out ofhumour, I come and growl
here.' 'You mustbe here very seldom, sir,' said I. 'Oh, you don't know me!' he
returned. 'When I am deceived or disappointed in—the wind, and it's easterly, ...
Charles Dickens, Philip Dossick,
2014
10 NOTIZIE DOVE SI INCLUDE IL TERMINE «GROWLERY»
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Wanda's Picks for July 2015
Those of us on the tour couldn't go into the Growlery, originally a construction shed, which Douglass used as a private retreat “complete with ... «San Francisco Bay View, lug 15»
HS2 salaries 'obscene' says MEP
The Growlery. July 12, 2014 2:02 pm. The politicians are keeping very quiet about the worst aspect of HS2 - Curzon Street. People who live in ... «expressandstar.com, lug 14»
66 Facts You May Not Have Known About The English Language
A growlery is a place you like to retire to when you're unwell or in a bad mood. It was coined by Charles Dickens in Bleak House (1853). 7. «Huffington Post, giu 14»
Day of the dad
Were he a Dickensian eccentric with land and idle time, he'd have had some remote growlery to retreat to. In our volubly inhabited suburban ... «Al Jazeera America, giu 14»
The day Andy White's world turned upside down
He plays on the album which was recorded in Andy's home studio – The Growlery. "It was a real bonding experience," Andy says. "It's really just ... «Belfast Telegraph, gen 14»
This Day in Black History: Aug. 12, 1922
Among the preserved sites at the Frederick Douglass museum is his “Growlery.” It was a secluded room with a stove, bed and desk where ... «BET, ago 13»
History detective: Finding clues to the path of Clark and Sacagawea
Carpenter worked on the Washington, D.C., home of abolitionist Frederick Douglass, on a building called “the growlery” where Douglass ... «The Bozeman Daily Chronicle, giu 13»
Exclusive First Read: Kate Atkinson's 'Life After Life'
"Ah, my growlery," he laughed. It was surrounded at a discreet distance by similar houses. There was a meadow and a copse and a bluebell ... «NPR, mar 13»
'Life After Life,' a Novel by Kate Atkinson
There is Ursula's doting father, Hugh, who calls her Little Bear and refers to his study as “the growlery.” There is Sylvie, her aristocratic mother, ... «New York Times, mar 13»
Oxford dictionary cuts 'cassette tapes', adds sexting, retweet
... domestic goddess, gastric band, slow food, and textspeak are in, while cassette tape, brabble (defined as a paltry noisy quarrel) and growlery ... «DigitalJournal.com, ott 11»