Bartlett's Book of AnecdotesLittle, Brown, 21. sept 2000 - 800 pages From Hank Aaron to King Zog, Mao Tse-Tung to Madonna, Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes features more than 2,000 people from around the world, past and present, in all fields. These short anecdotes provide remarkable insight into the human character. Ranging from the humorous to the tearful, they span classical history, recent politics, modern science and the arts. Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes is a gold mine for anyone who gives speeches, is doing research, or simply likes to browse. As an informal tour of history and human nature at its most entertaining & instructive, this is sure to be a perennial favorite for years to come. |
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... remarked , " Never destroy an uninteresting letter is the first rule of the British aristocracy . " Second rule : Always re- member to record an uninteresting action or remark . This rule has generated a revered tra- dition , featuring ...
... remarked , " Never destroy an uninteresting letter is the first rule of the British aristocracy . " Second rule : Always re- member to record an uninteresting action or remark . This rule has generated a revered tra- dition , featuring ...
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... remarked that he pre- sumed Abernethy was wanting his vote at this important point in his life . Nettled by the man's tone and attitude , Abernethy retorted , " No , I don't ; I want a pennyworth of figs . Look sharp and wrap them up ...
... remarked that he pre- sumed Abernethy was wanting his vote at this important point in his life . Nettled by the man's tone and attitude , Abernethy retorted , " No , I don't ; I want a pennyworth of figs . Look sharp and wrap them up ...
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... remarked , " It's no good , my dear , I can't buy it for you . " ALBERT , Prince ( 1819-61 ) , prince consort of Great Britain ; husband of Queen Victoria . 1 Prince Albert had a chronic inability to stay awake late at night . At a ...
... remarked , " It's no good , my dear , I can't buy it for you . " ALBERT , Prince ( 1819-61 ) , prince consort of Great Britain ; husband of Queen Victoria . 1 Prince Albert had a chronic inability to stay awake late at night . At a ...
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... remarked to Lord Esher , " Now at least I know where he is . " ALFONSO X ( c . 1221-84 ) , king of Castile and León ( 1252-84 ) , known as Alfonso the Wise . 1 The most celebrated of the works under- taken under Alfonso's sponsorship ...
... remarked to Lord Esher , " Now at least I know where he is . " ALFONSO X ( c . 1221-84 ) , king of Castile and León ( 1252-84 ) , known as Alfonso the Wise . 1 The most celebrated of the works under- taken under Alfonso's sponsorship ...
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... remarked , " Master of disaster ' : I wish I'd thought of that ! " 2 Just before takeoff on an airplane flight , the stewardess reminded Ali to fasten his seat belt . " Superman don't need no seat belt , " replied Ali . " Superman don't ...
... remarked , " Master of disaster ' : I wish I'd thought of that ! " 2 Just before takeoff on an airplane flight , the stewardess reminded Ali to fasten his seat belt . " Superman don't need no seat belt , " replied Ali . " Superman don't ...
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Page 408 - Take care of my dear Lady Hamilton, Hardy take care of poor Lady Hamilton. Kiss me, Hardy," said he. Hardy knelt down and kissed his cheek; and Nelson: said, "Now I am satisfied. Thank God I have done my duty.
Page 411 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Page 217 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Page xxiii - Nor is it always in the most distinguished achievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discerned ; but very often an action of small note, a short saying, or a jest, shall distinguish a person's real character more than the greatest sieges, or the most important battles.
Page 77 - Literature cannot be the business of a woman's life, and it ought not to be. The more she is engaged in her proper duties, the less leisure will she have for it, even as an accomplishment and a recreation.
Page 347 - Gentlemen, why don't you laugh? With the fearful strain that is upon me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die, and you need this medicine as much as I do.
Page 512 - Tristram' had appeared, Sterne asked a Yorkshire lady of fortune and condition, whether she had read his book. 'I have not, Mr. Sterne,' was the answer; ' and to be plain with you, I am informed it is not proper for female perusal.
Page 302 - I believe, Sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild prospects ; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England !" This unexpected and pointed sally produced a roar of applause.
Page 507 - ... tweed trousers. I would have run to him, only I was a coward in the presence of such a mob - would have embraced him, only, he being an Englishman, I did not know how he would receive me; so I did what cowardice and false pride suggested was the best thing - walked deliberately to him, took off my hat, and said: 'Dr Livingstone, I presume?' 'YES,' said he, with a kind smile, lifting his cap slightly.
Page 208 - So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage leaf to make an apple pie ; and at the same time a great she-bear, coming up the street, pops its head into the shop. " What