One of the few moments of happiness a man knows in Australia is that moment of meeting the eyes of another man over the tops of tw...o beer glasses.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
How easily and cleverly do I write just now! I am really pleased with myself; words come skipping to me like lambs upon Moffat Hil...l; and I turn my periods smoothly and imperceptibly like a skilful wheelwright turning tops in a turning-loom. There's fancy! There's simile!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I have nothing against the Queen of England. Even in my heart I never resented her for not being Jackie Kennedy. She is, to my min...d, a very gallant lady, victimized by whoever it is who designs the tops of her uniforms.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Masts in the offing wagged their tops; The swinging waves pealed on the shore;... The saffron beach, all diamond drops And beads of surge, prolonged the roar.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
White teeth, white hands, and neck as ivory white, Black eyes, black brows, black hairs that hide delight:... Red lips, red cheeks, and tops of nipples red, Long legs, long fingers, long locks of her head, Short feet, short ears, and teeth in measure short, Broad front, broad breast, broad hips in seemely sort, Straight legs, straight nose and straight her pleasures place, Full thighs, full buttocks, full her belly's space, Thin lips, thin eyelids, and hair thin and fine, Small mouth, small waist, small pupils of her eyes.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A 'spasm band' is a miscellaneous collection of a soap box, tin cans, pan tops, nails, drumsticks, and little Negro boys. When mix...ed in the proper proportions this results in the wildest shuffle dancing, accompanied by a bumping rhythm.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The average Kentuckian may appear a bit confused in his knowledge of history, but he is firmly certain about current politics. Ken...tucky cannot claim first place in political importance, but it tops the list in its keen enjoyment of politics for its own sake. It takes the average Kentuckian only a matter of moments to dispose of the weather and personal helath, but he never tires of a political discussion.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If, during his daily walk, he met any children flying kites, playing marbles, or whirling peg tops, he would buy the toys from the...m and exhort them not to gamble or indulge in vain sport.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
What vast additions to the conveniences and comforts of living might mankind have acquired, if the money spent in wars had been em...ployed in works of public utility; what an extension of agriculture even to the tops of our mountains; what rivers rendered navigable, or joined by canals; what bridges, aqueducts, new roads, and other public works, edifices, and improvements ... might not have been obtained by spending those millions in doing good, which in the last war have been spent in doing mischief.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »