At a conference of sociologists in America in 1977, love was defined as "the cognitive-affective state characterized by intrusive and obsessive fantasizing… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“Now that I have made this catalogue of swindles and perversions, let me give another example of the kind of writing that… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Each of these passages has faults of its own, but, quite apart from avoidable ugliness, two qualities are common to all of… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“It is as difficult to suppose a person intending to write a modern English, as to suppose him writing an ancient English,… — Henry James Copy Share Image
Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
The great misfortune of the modern English is not at all that they are more boastful than other people (they are not);… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
At the age of 12 I won the school prize for Best English Essay. The prize was a copy of Somerset Maugham's… — Wilbur Smith Copy Share Image
It's an absurd error to put modern English literature in the curriculum. You should read contemporary literature for pleasure or not at… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
“The ruinous deeds of the ravaging foe (Beowulf) The best-known long text in Old English is the epic poem Beowulf. Beowulf himself… — Ronald Carter Copy Share Image
Even modern English people are imperious, superior, ridden by class. All of the hypocrisy and the difficulties that are endemic in being… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
Historical grammar is a study of how, say, modern English developed from Middle English, and how that developed from Early and Old… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“what of the Old Testament? This was written in Hebrew except for portions of the Book of Daniel and the Book of… — Chaim Bentorah Copy Share Image
“What is a great spiritual practitioner? A person who lives always in the presence of his or her own true self, someone… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
The oligarchic character of the modern English commonwealth does not rest, like many oligarchies, on the cruelty of the rich to the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
