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Amis, Martin
1949–
1949–
1
To be more interested in the writer than the writing is just eternal human vulgarity.
To be more interested in the writer than the writing is just eternal human vulgarity.
on BBC2
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, 9 March 1996
Anacharsis
1
Written laws are like spiders' webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and poor, but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful.
Written laws are like spiders' webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and poor, but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful.
Plutarch
Parallel Lives
"Solon" bk. 5, sect. 2.
Anatolius
1
Fierce was the wild billow,
Dark was the night;
Oars laboured heavily,
Foam glimmered white;
Trembled the mariners,
Peril was nigh:
Then said the God of God,
"Peace! it is I."
Fierce was the wild billow,
Dark was the night;
Oars laboured heavily,
Foam glimmered white;
Trembled the mariners,
Peril was nigh:
Then said the God of God,
"Peace! it is I."
"Fierce was the wild billow" (tr John Mason Neale, 1862)
Andersen, Hans Christian
1805–75
1805–75
1
The Emperor's new clothes.
"But the Emperor has nothing on at all!" cried a little child.
The Emperor's new clothes.
title of story in
Danish Fairy Legends and Tales
(1846)
"But the Emperor has nothing on at all!" cried a little child.
Danish Fairy Legends and Tales
(1846) "The Emperor's New Clothes"
Anderson, Maxwell
1888–1959
1888–1959
1
But it's a long, long while
From May to December;
And the days grow short
When you reach September.
But it's a long, long while
From May to December;
And the days grow short
When you reach September.
"September Song" (1938 song)
Anderson, Maxwell
1888–1959 and
Stallings, Lawrence
1894–1968
1888–1959 and
Stallings, Lawrence
1894–1968
1
What price glory?
What price glory?
title of play (1924)
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