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Toynbee, Polly
1946–
1946–
1
It is Stupidvision…It patronises. It talks to the vacuum cleaner and the washing machine and the microwave without much contact with the human brain.
of daytime television
It is Stupidvision…It patronises. It talks to the vacuum cleaner and the washing machine and the microwave without much contact with the human brain.
of daytime television
in
Radio Times
11 May 1996
Traherne, Thomas
c.
1637–74
c.
1637–74
1
The corn was orient and immortal wheat, which never should be reaped, nor was ever sown. I thought it had stood from everlasting to everlasting.
O what venerable creatures did the aged seem! Immortal cherubims! And young men glittering and sparkling angels, and maids strange seraphic pieces of life and beauty!
The corn was orient and immortal wheat, which never should be reaped, nor was ever sown. I thought it had stood from everlasting to everlasting.
Centuries of Meditations
"Third Century" sect. 3
O what venerable creatures did the aged seem! Immortal cherubims! And young men glittering and sparkling angels, and maids strange seraphic pieces of life and beauty!
Centuries of Meditations
"Third Century" sect. 3
Trapp, Joseph
1679–1747
1679–1747
1
The King, observing with judicious eyes
The state of both his universities,
To Oxford sent a troop of horse, and why?
That learned body wanted loyalty;
To Cambridge books, as very well discerning
How much that loyal body wanted learning.
lines written on George I's donation of the Bishop of Ely's Library to Cambridge University
The King, observing with judicious eyes
The state of both his universities,
To Oxford sent a troop of horse, and why?
That learned body wanted loyalty;
To Cambridge books, as very well discerning
How much that loyal body wanted learning.
lines written on George I's donation of the Bishop of Ely's Library to Cambridge University
John Nichols
Literary Anecdotes
(1812–16) vol. 3.
Travis, Merle
1917–83
1917–83
1
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt.
Say brother, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store.
Sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt.
Say brother, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store.
"Sixteen Tons" (1947 song)
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