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-- that should a minister in Boston trust himself to his heart, should he `` speak without book, and consequently break some law of speech, or be hurried into some daring hyperbole, he should find little mercy ''.
I did book jackets and covers for paperback reprints: naked girls huddling in corners of dingy furnished rooms while at the doorway, daring the cops to take him, is the guy in shirt sleeves clutching a revolver.
The words Walloon and Wallons can be seen in the book of Charles White, The Belgic revolution ( 1835 ): " The restless Wallons, with that adventurous daring which is their historical characteristic, abandoned their occupations, and eagerly seizing the pike and the musket marched towards the center of the commotion .".
Almost every book contains one or more incidents where Flashman had to fight or perform some other daring action, and held up long enough to complete it.
" T. Coraghessan Boyle of The New York Times Book Review wrote, " This is old Pynchon, the true Pynchon, the best Pynchon of all, Mason & Dixon is a groundbreaking book, a book of heart and fire and genius, and there is nothing quite like it in our literature ," New York Times critic Michiko Kakutani said, " A novel that is as moving as it is cerebral, as poignant as it is daring ... a book that testifies to Pynchon's remarkable powers of invention and his sheer power as a storyteller.
Bright April, a 1946 book written and illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli, features scenes of Germantown of the 1940s while addressing the divisive issue of racial prejudice experienced by African Americans, a daring topic for a children's book of that time.
Winsor denied that her book was particularly daring, and said that she had no interest in explicit scenes.
Winsor denied that her book was particularly daring, and said that she had no interest in explicit scenes.
In his book The Sibling Society ( 1997 ), Bly argues that a society formed mainly by half adults is extremely problematic as it lacks in leadership, daring initiative, creativity and a deep care about others.
The book has been adapted to film three times: a monochrome, British film of the 1950s, a 1952 3-D film titled Bwana Devil, and a 1996 color version called The Ghost and the Darkness, where Val Kilmer played the daring engineer who hunts down the lions of Tsavo.
The book has been adapted to film three times: a monochrome, British film of the 1950s, a 1952 3-D film titled Bwana Devil, and a 1996 color version called The Ghost and the Darkness, where Val Kilmer played the daring engineer who hunts down the lions of Tsavo.
Moyzisch, in his 1950 book, pointed out that Bazna was both intelligent and very daring ; he was also convinced that the spy had someone else helping him to locate and photograph the documents, but the second man could never be identified.
In 1621 Hugo de Groot managed to pull off a daring escape in a book chest.
In her book Undefeated she recalled that during her time at Berkeley " were sitting in for the Free Speech Movement, smoking pot, experimenting with acid, lining up to take Oriental philosophy courses, daring to cohabit, and going to dances in San Francisco.
According to the book: Space Patrol, missions of daring in the name of early television " It's rumored that Gene Roddenberry was a huge fan of the show and patterned Star Trek's engineer, Mr Scott, after McCloud's Scottish sidekick, Taurus ".
As was the custom in ecclesiastical libraries, this mark of ownership is accompanied by a threatened penalty for anyone daring to steal the book or simply mask the ex-libris: Quicumque furatus eum fuerit, vel celaverit, vel ab ecclesia subduxerit, vel titulum istum deleverit, anathema sit ( Whoever steals this, or uses the offices of the church to withdraw it, or removes or otherwise conceals its title, he is anathema ).
Holmes knows that Gruner will take his incriminating book along with him, never daring to leave it behind in his study.
" Critics praised the book for its wild, vibrant prose, and it was described as " big, daring manic-depressive " by The New York Times.
Janet Maslin, in The New York Times, called the book " captivating but uneven "—" this collection emphasizes elegance, acumen and daring as an essayist, with an intellectually engaging self-awareness as formidable as Joan Didion's.
Goodwin's work on Manhunter, in which he both updated an obscure Golden Age hero, and, in the series ' last episode, took the daring approach of killing him off ( one of the few comic book deaths that has actually " taken " and not been reversed or retconned away in the decades since it occurred ) is very well regarded by both fans and other comics professionals, winning a number of Shazam Awards.
Asking who could appreciate such literature in Latvian ( Alunāns ' book was the first major translation of classic foreign poetry into Latvian ), Brasche warned that those daring to dream of " a Young Latvia " would meet the tragic fate of the boatman in Heine's poem " Die Lorelei ," a translation of which appeared in Alunāns ' anthology.

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and the author, who seemed the embodiment of France's rising spirit of resistance to her conquerors, was much complimented for his daring military action.
As an architect he is best known for replacing the old church of Hagia Sophia at Constantinople in 532 ; his daring plans for the church strikingly displayed his knowledge.
In this war, Abdur Rahman became distinguished for ability and daring energy.
It is possible for a player to steal home plate, but this requires great daring and aggressiveness as the ball will almost certainly arrive at home plate before the runner.
On the other hand, for some cultures and military organizations the dagger symbolizes courage and daring in combat.
When war broke out in 1939, Mountbatten became commander of the 5th Destroyer Flotilla aboard his ship Kelly, which was famous for its many daring exploits.
There is a strong aristocratic bias in the poems demonstrated by the lack of any major protagonists of non-aristocratic stock, and by episodes such as the beating down of the commoner Thersites by the king Odysseus for daring to criticize his superiors.
Rousseau's choice of a Catholic vicar of humble peasant background ( plausibly based on a kindly prelate he had met as a teenager ) as a spokesman for the defense of religion was in itself a daring innovation for the time.
" The times now running on to their consummation ; and he whom Daniel foretells would have dominion for a time, and times, and an half, is even already at the door, about to speak blasphemous and daring things against the Most High.
Critics applauded Spacey's daring for taking on the management of a theatre, but noted that while his acting was impressive, his skills and judgment as a producer / manager had yet to develop.
Sitting Bull, most renowned Sioux of modern history, is dead .</ br >< p > He was not a Chief, but without Kingly lineage he arose from a lowly position to the greatest Medicine Man of his time, by virtue of his shrewdness and daring .</ br >< p > He was an Indian with a white man's spirit of hatred and revenge for those who had wronged him and his.
This story is an allegory ; the android was primitive scholasticism, which was broken by the Summa of St Thomas, the daring innovator who first substituted the absolute law of reason for arbitrary divinity, by formulating that axiom which we cannot repeat too often, since it comes from such a master: " A thing is not just because God wills it, but God wills it because it is just.
Marcello Malpighi is buried in the church of the Santi Gregorio e Siro, in Bologna, where nowadays can be seen a marble monument to the scientist with an inscription in Latin remembering-among other things-his " SUMMUM INGENIUM / INTEGERRIMAM VITAM / FORTEM STRENUAMQUE MENTEM / AUDACEM SALUTARIS ARTIS AMOREM " ( great genius, honest life, strong and tough mind, daring love for the medical art ).
Malpighi is buried in the church of the Santi Gregorio e Siro, in Bologna, where nowadays can be seen a marble monument to the scientist with an inscription in Latin remembering-among other things-his " SUMMUM INGENIUM / INTEGERRIMAM VITAM / FORTEM STRENUAMQUE MENTEM / AUDACEM SALUTARIS ARTIS AMOREM " ( great genius, honest life, strong and tough mind, daring love for the medical art ).
In the 18th century, Lully's most important successor was Jean-Philippe Rameau, who composed five tragédies en musique as well as numerous works in other genres such as opéra-ballet, all notable for their rich orchestration and harmonic daring.
On December 16, 2006 he was transferred by the highly specialized, ICU equipped, Swiss Air Ambulance Bombardier Challenger Jet http :// www. rega. ch /, reportedly made possible and organized in a bold and daring action by the Swiss banker, Pascal Najadi, who was able to convince the REGA Flight Operations over the phone from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, ( perhaps because he was an active patron of the REGA Swiss Air Ambulance ) to swiftly approve the decision to fly without any payment guarantees and assemble at highest possible speed within 48 hours the necessary flight plan, specialized doctors, logistics and Vietnam airspace ( Northern Sector ) entry clearances for the Jet to take off from Zurich HQ, via Lahore to Hanoi, then to proceed with the critical patient in full ICU care of specialized Swiss Doctors and immediate family on board, via Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Edmonton to Boston, Massachusetts, where the plane was met by US Customs ( thanks to the help of Senator John Kerry ).
The traditional public street Carnival takes place on Tuesday, where the island's population displays its ingenuity and imagination by creating daring caricatures for the parade.
The competition between Holly and Sebastian for the center ring develops into a romantic triangle as well, with both Sebastian and Brad vying for Holly as the aerialists ' acts become increasingly daring and dangerous.
Film critic Marie Brenner writes that " for De Niro, it is a role that surpasses even his brilliant and daring portrayal of Vito Corleone in The Godfather, part II, ... performance deserves to be compared with the very finest.
He is seized with a passion for flight of all kinds, and his soul soars as he experiments with exhilarating challenges of daring and triumphant aerial feats.
In a message sent to all officers in early 1940, Raeder exclaimed: " The great aim of the Führer has set forth for the German nation requires the utmost exertion in all places ... A navy which undertakes daring actions against the enemy and suffers losses through this will be reborn on an even larger scale.

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