Drunk As A Lord

Author : Ryōtarō Shiba
Publisher : Kodansha
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Historical fiction, Japanese
ISBN : UVA:X004557020

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Drunk as a Lord by Ryōtarō Shiba Pdf

""Drunk as a Lord" is the life story of a poet-turned-daimyo, who, although he is a man of culture, is also a brazen alcoholic with a vicious bite when it comes to debate. Outwardly a "loyalist" of the emperor, his undying debt of gratitude to the Tokugawa - the third and final military house to rule Japan - puts him in a compromising position: move with the trend of the times, or go against it." "The second story, "The Fox-Horse," tells of the brilliant lord of Satsuma, his tragic death, and the envious younger brother who seeks to take his place. In a show of "carrying on" his elder brother's legacy, the younger one marches to Kyoto - and later to Edo - at the head of a great army to push for reform. Without his brother's intellect, foresight, or understanding of national affairs, however, he ends up making an ass of himself." ""Date's Black Ship" is the captivating account of a lantern repairman from the dregs of castle-town society who is hired by the daimyo - a man obsessed with Western novelties - to construct a full-scale replica of one of Perry's black ships, and the extraordinary ordeals he faces in doing so." ""The Ghost of Saga," the fourth and final story, focuses on a bizarre old lord who is so gung ho about arming his domain in the Western style that he sidesteps the law and becomes involved in smuggling. Taking advantage of Nagasaki, the only port in Japan where such activities would have been possible in those days, he stockpiles an unimaginable array of weapons, all under a shroud of complete secrecy."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Maurizio Gotti,Marina Dossena,Richard Dury
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027248114

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English Historical Linguistics 2006: Lexical and semantic change by Maurizio Gotti,Marina Dossena,Richard Dury Pdf

The papers collected in this volume were first presented at the 14th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (Bergamo, 2006). Alongside studies of syntax, morphology, and dialectology, published in two sister volumes, many innovative contributions focused on semantics, pragmatics and register variation. A rich variety of state-of-the-art studies and plenary lectures by acknowledged world experts in the field bears witness to the quality of the scholarly interest in this field of research. In all the contributions, well-established methods combine with new theoretical approaches, in an attempt to shed more light on phenomena that have hitherto remained unexplored, or have only just begun to be investigated. The accurate peer-reviewed selection ensures the methodological homogeneity of the papers.

Author : George Latimer Apperson
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2006-05-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1840223111

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Dictionary of Proverbs by George Latimer Apperson Pdf

This dictionary aims to help users to find the most appropriate word to use on a wide range of occasions. It is designed in particular for students, those writing reports, letters and speeches, and crossword solvers, but is also useful as a general word reference. Special features include: an alphabetical A-Z listing; numbered senses for words with more than one meaning; British and American variants; and specially marked colloquial uses.

Author : Jonathon Green
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 1600 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0304366366

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Cassell's Dictionary of Slang by Jonathon Green Pdf

With its unparalleled coverage of English slang of all types (from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay slang), and its uncluttered editorial apparatus, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when its first edition appeared in 1998. 'Brilliant.' said Mark Lawson on BBC2's The Late Review; 'This is a terrific piece of work - learned, entertaining, funny, stimulating' said Jonathan Meades in The Evening Standard.But now the world's best single-volume dictionary of English slang is about to get even better. Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project: to research in depth the English slang vocabulary and to hunt down and record written instances of the use of as many slang words as possible. This has entailed trawling through more than 4000 books - plus song lyrics, TV and movie scripts, and many newspapers and magazines - for relevant material. The research has thrown up some fascinating results

Author : George B. Bryan,Wolfgang Mieder
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 890 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0820479470

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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial Phrases, Found in Literary Sources of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries by George B. Bryan,Wolfgang Mieder Pdf

A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial Phrases Found in Literary Sources of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries is a unique collection of proverbial language found in literary contexts. It includes proverbial materials from a multitude of plays, (auto)biographies of well-known actors like Britain's Laurence Olivier, songs by William S. Gilbert or Lorenz Hart, and American crime stories by Leslie Charteris. Other authors represented in the dictionary are Horatio Alger, Margery Allingham, Samuel Beckett, Lewis Carroll, Raymond Chandler, Benjamin Disraeli, Edward Eggleston, Hamlin Garland, Graham Greene, Thomas C. Haliburton, Bret Harte, Aldous Huxley, Sinclair Lewis, Jack London, George Orwell, Eden Phillpotts, John B. Priestley, Carl Sandburg, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Jesse Stuart, Oscar Wilde, and more. Many lesser-known dramatists, songwriters, and novelists are included as well, making the contextualized texts to a considerable degree representative of the proverbial language of the past two centuries. While the collection contains a proverbial treasure trove for paremiographers and paremiologists alike, it also presents general readers interested in folkloric, linguistic, cultural, and historical phenomena with an accessible and enjoyable selection of proverbs and proverbial phrases.

Author : Paul Dickson
Publisher : Melville House
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-06
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781612191447

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Intoxerated by Paul Dickson Pdf

A smart, hilarious, and lavishly illustrated guide to the most euphemised word in the English language: Drunk A record-breaking assemblage of 2,964 different ways to say "drunk." Tipsy, roasted, three sheets, whazooed and Boris Yeltsinned are just the beginning....With an introduction by the wise-guy lexicographer himself, Paul Dickson, and illustrations by renowned artist Brian Rea. Dickson, who holds the Guiness World Record for collecting the most words for being, er, not sober, not only provides a dictionary of those words, but reveals why there are so many synonyms for being "drunk," and how he came to collect more of them than anyone else. The terms are annotated, too, and lushly illustrated, explaining the twist and turns of a language that has thousands of ways to say the same thing. How, for example, does a word like "blotto" go from the lips of P.G. Wodehouse, into the writings of Edmund Wilson, before landing with Otto from The Simpson's ("My name is Otto, I like to get blotto").

Author : Richard Dury,Maurizio Gotti,Marina Dossena
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-07-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027290984

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English Historical Linguistics 2006 by Richard Dury,Maurizio Gotti,Marina Dossena Pdf

The papers collected in this volume were first presented at the 14th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (Bergamo, 2006). Alongside studies of syntax, morphology, and dialectology, published in two sister volumes, many innovative contributions focused on semantics, pragmatics and register variation. A rich variety of state-of-the-art studies and plenary lectures by acknowledged world experts in the field bears witness to the quality of the scholarly interest in this field of research. In all the contributions, well-established methods combine with new theoretical approaches, in an attempt to shed more light on phenomena that have hitherto remained unexplored, or have only just begun to be investigated. The accurate peer-reviewed selection ensures the methodological homogeneity of the papers.

Author : Friend to rational mirth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1817
Category : English wit and humor
ISBN : HARVARD:HXCQWP

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The London Budget of Wit, Or, A Thousand Notable Jests by Friend to rational mirth Pdf

Author : V&S EDITORIAL BOARD
Publisher : V&S Publishers
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-09
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9789352150533

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CONCISE DICTIONARY OF METAPHORS AND SIMILIES (POCKET SIZE) by V&S EDITORIAL BOARD Pdf

Most speakers and writers use the terms metaphor and simile as if they mean exactly the same thing. But they are not! A simile is a metaphor, but not all metaphors are similes. A metaphor compares two things, and does so more directly without using as or like. For example, the shop was a little gold-mine. A simile compares (usually introduced by like or as) two things that are generally not alike--such as a line of migrant workers and a wave, or onion skins and a swarm of butterflies.Writers and authors use similes to explain things, to express emotion, or to make their writing more lively and entertaining. Metaphors also offer figurative comparisons, but these are implied rather than introduced by like or as. Salient Features:o Thousands of widely used popular Metaphors & Similes in Englisho Inclusion of foreign Metaphors & Similes currently in use in English languageo Arranged alphabetically from A - Zo Worth recommending without second thoughtAn authoritative Dictionary of Metaphors & Similes for students, writers, and general readers!

Author : Thomas Szasz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-12
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781351535021

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A Lexicon of Lunacy by Thomas Szasz Pdf

Thomas Szasz is renowned for his critical exploration of the literal language of psychiatry and his rejection of officially sanctioned definitions of mental illness. His work has initiated a continuing debate in the psychiatric community whose essence is often misunderstood. Szasz's critique of the established view of mental illness is rooted in an insistent distinction between disease and behavior. In his view, psychiatrists have misapplied the vocabulary of disease as metaphorical figures to denote a range of deviant behaviors from the merely eccentric to the criminal. In A Lexicon of Lunacy, Szasz extends his analysis of psychiatric language to show how its misuse has resulted in a medicalized view of life that denies the reality of free will and responsibility. Szasz documents the extraordinary extent to which modern diagnosis of mental illness is subject to shifting social attitudes and values. He shows how economic, personal, legal, and political factors have come to play an increasingly powerful role in the diagnostic process, with consequences of blurring the distinction between cultural and scientific standards. Broadened definitions of mental illness have had a corrosive effect on the criminal justice system in undercutting traditional conceptions of criminal behavior and have encouraged state-sanctioned coercive interventions that bestow special privileges (and impose special hardships) on persons diagnosed as mentally ill. Lucidly written and powerfully argued, and now available in paperback, this provocative and challenging volume will be of interest to psychologists, criminologists, and sociologists.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1823
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0019743817

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The Encyclopædia of Wit. A New Edition by Anonim Pdf

Author : Harry Rand
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-23
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781476647661

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The 12 Days of Christmas by Harry Rand Pdf

In the whole body of Christmas carols sung in English, among the most famous and beloved is a song universally called "The Twelve Days of Christmas." Although its association with the holiday remains unquestioned, the tune was originally a raucous drinking song with wildly different connotations. This book documents the unfamiliar and distant history of one of the world's most well-known holiday songs, inextricably linked to the earliest celebrations of a festival suppressed by the Church itself. The rowdy and mischievous tone of traditional Christmas has vanished, as have the songs that accompanied the festival of drinking, gambling, fighting, feasting and sex. Modern participants of Christmas may be either embarrassed or pleased to discover the scandalous roots of a beloved holiday classic.

Author : William Carew Hazlitt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Proverbs, English
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004671256

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English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases by William Carew Hazlitt Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1174 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1793
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590560077

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The Kentish register, and monthly miscellany by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert K. Dodge
Publisher : Popular Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0879723939

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Early American Almanac Humor by Robert K. Dodge Pdf

This collection is a selection of comic items from almanacs published between 1776 and 1800. Dodge uses his smooth, astute writing style to unfold the humor in a section of American Heritage. The eight chapters are categorized by subject, including "Comic American Heroes," "The Tall Tale," and "Men, Women, Marriage, and Sex."