Why do otherwise sane, competent, strong men, men who can wrestle bears or raid corporations, shrink away in horror at the thought... of washing a dish or changing a diaper?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.... She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sis'e-ra, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Is it enough That the dish of milk is set out at night,... That we think of him sometimes, Sometimes and always, with mixed feelings?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The event combined with Beams leading up to it for the look of force adapted to the wiser... Usages of age, but it's both there And not there, like washing or sawdust in the sunlight, At the back of the mind, where we live now.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
But the way is wide over stubble and sands, Wider and not too wide, as a dish in space... Is excellent, conforming to demands Not yet formulated.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Mistakes, scandals, and failures no longer signal catastrophe. The crucial thing is that they be made credible, and that the publi...c be made aware of the efforts being expended in that direction. The "marketing" immunity of governments is similar to that of the major brands of washing powder.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We tried pathetic appeals to the wandering waiters, who told us "they are coming, Sir" in a soothing tone--and we tried stern remo...nstrance, & they then said "they are coming, Sir" in a more injured tone; & after all such appeals they retired into their dens, and hid themselves behind sideboards and dish-covers, still the chops came not. We agreed that of all virtues a waiter can display, that of a retiring disposition is quite the least desirable.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
My paternal grandmother would not light a fire on the Sabbath and piled all Sunday's washing-up in a bucket, to be dealt with on M...onday morning, because the Sabbath was a day of rest--a practice that made my paternal grandfather, the village atheist, as mad as fire. Nevertheless, he willed five quid to the minister, just to be on the safe side.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »