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The Butterfly Isles: A Summer In Search Of Our Emperors And ...
4. Baffled. by. Britain's. dowdiest. 'butterfly'. When. I was a boy, the first ever trip
Dad and I undertook to see a butterfly we could not just bump into on holiday was
in search of two spring skippers. We drove twenty miles to an old railway line at ...
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The Book History Reader
The editors illustrate how book history studies have evolved into a broad approach which incorporates social and cultural considerations governing the production, dissemination and reception of print and texts.
David Finkelstein, Alistair McCleery, 2002
... in obedience to the laws of precedence, to take down and try to amuse the
dowdiest, dullest, and least attractive lady in the room, while the hostess is often
yoked to the stupidest man present, merely because he happens to be of high
rank.
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The Dublin University Magazine
Sometimes, but very rarely, I managed to shirk out by myself, to put on the
dowdiest cloak and hat I could find, to take off my ring, and dawdle and wander
and scramble about the park, and be Nelly Lestrange — in my own eyes at least
— once ...
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Cometh Up as a Flower: An Autobiography
Sometimes, but very rarely, I managed to shirk out by myself, to put on the
dowdiest cloak and hat I could find, to take off my ring, and dawdle and wander
and scramble about the park, and be Nelly Le Strange — in my own eyes at least
...
It is simply advertising yourself a failure. Tie yourself to the veriest wallflower,
gossip with the dowdiest mother, dance with the most disappointed of the
maidenhood, rather than sink to this. Sitting in corners comprises a very large
subject, or, ...
James Hogg, Florence Marryat, 1873
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The Tenant's Guerilla Guide to Office Leasing: For Tenants ...
... you will be faced with every— thing from the never—occupied, new space to
the dowdiest, chopped up, rat maze space. It is difficult at best to envision your
future location in the very same spot now occupied by an out of business stock ...
Christopher Desloge Sr., 2004
... while leading an exaggerated mental life for which nature designed no man.
Perhaps it is merely owing to an obscure warning to preserve the balance. Or an
innocent arrogance akin to Mrs. Oglethorpe's when she is looking her dowdiest.
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Screen Couple Chemistry: The Power of 2
Wearing the dowdiest outfit she has worn in the film, Evelyn is no longer the
queen she was at the beginning. The film delights in a terminus in which all
disruptive energy (hers) has been harmonized to the patriarchal domestic
hierarchy, while ...
Martha P. Nochimson, 2010
10
The Atlantic Ocean: Reports from Britain and America
The eternal-seeming fabulousness of a great movie star—like that of a princess—
might serve for a while to transform even the dowdiest of realities. That is the
myth, anyway. And Marilyn Monroe was nothing if not a sacrifice to the po- tency
of ...
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20 Best and Worst Movie Fathers
... marital strife throws salt in his dad game; if he's got to don the world's dowdiest drag-queen outfit and risk get hit on by randy bus drivers, hey, ... «RollingStone.com, 六月 15»
Keri Russell heats up the cold war
This time it's suburban Washington D.C. in that dowdiest of eras, the 80s. One of the quiet hits of recent years, the Cold War drama now in its ... «Sydney Morning Herald, 四月 15»
Tate Britain director Penelope Curtis to step down after five years in …
... contemporary art and, in the words of art critic Richard Dorment, “transformed the dowdiest gallery in Europe into one of the most splendid”. «The Guardian, 三月 15»
Oscars' best, worst and most expensive looks
These incredible transformations also show what a good stylist and an ounce of common sense can do for even the dowdiest dresser. «NEWS.com.au, 二月 15»
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie view £25m Marylebone penthouse in …
Marylebone was once seen as the West End's dowdiest district but is now one of its most glamorous. The opening of the Chiltern Firehouse ... «Evening Standard, 十一月 14»
A requiem for RadioShack
Even as other electronics chains like Circuit City fell victim to e-commerce and the Internet, RadioShack, perhaps the oldest and dowdiest of ... «Network World, 九月 14»
The 10 silliest LinkedIn profile pics in adland
To look as hipsterish as possible, even in the dowdiest of settings. To always wear sunglasses in photographs. And never look squarely into a ... «Mumbrella Asia, 八月 14»
5 eBay Tips for Buying Used Clothes
It was polyester and maybe the dowdiest garment I'd ever seen. If a photo isn't nice and clear, proceed with caution. You might just be seeing ... «Feelgood Style, 八月 14»
Bartee Haile: Hotel king Hilton got his start in Texas
Powers found the Melba, a 68-room bargain with a Fort Worth address, which his boss called “our dowdiest dowager.” But elbow grease and ... «San Marcos Mercury, 七月 14»
"Pretty Little Liars" Recap: Drunk Hanna Spills Her Guts to a Stranger
Fresh from an attempted strangulation by A, Alison is trying her hardest to cover up the marks on her neck with the dowdiest scarf of all time. «Cosmopolitan, 七月 14»
