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«Gross in physique, gargantuan in gourmandise, oceanic in liquid capacity, prodigal of purse, a fire hose of libido and a Niagara of comic invention, the man was excess personified and one of the great entertainers of the age.»
Author: Brad Darrach
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entertainers, fire hose, gargantuan, hose, libido, liquid, Niagara, Oceanic, personified, personify, physique
«Following the Jewish tradition, a dispenser of schmaltz (liquid chicken fat) is kept on the table to give the vampires heartburn if they get through the garlic defense.»
«Berlin. What a garrison of spies! what a cabinet full of useless, liquid secrets, what a playground for every alchemist, miracle worker and rat piper that ever took up the cloak.»
Author: John LeCarre
(Writer)
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alchemist, alchemists, berlin, cabinet, cabinets, cloak, garrison, garrisoned, garrisons, liquid, miracle worker, piper, pipers, playground, playgrounds, spied, spies, spying, worker
«Glass of brandy and water! That is the current but not the appropriate name: ask for a glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation»
Author: Robert Hall
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appropriate, ask for, brandies, brandy, current, damnation, distill, distilled, distilling, distills, Fire and Water, liquid, liquids, The Current
«I'm frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me. That white round thing without any holes have you ever seen anything more revolting than an egg yolk breaking and spilling its yellow liquid? Blood is jolly, red. But egg yolk is yellow, revolting. I've never tasted it.»
«Imagination equals nostalgia for the past, the absent; it is the liquid solution in which art develops the snapshot of reality»
Author: Cyril Connolly
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absent, develops, equals, liquid, liquids, nostalgia, snapshot, snapshots, with nostalgia
«It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.»
«FASHION, n. A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey.A king there was who lost an eye In some excess of passion; And straight his courtiers all did try To follow the new fashion.Each dropped one eyelid when before The throne he ventured, thinking'Twould please the king. That monarch swore He'd slay them all for winking.What should they do? They were not hot To hazard such disaster; They dared not close an eye --dared not See better than their master.Seeing them lacrymose and glum, A leech consoled the weepers: He spread small rags with liquid gum And covered half their peepers.The court all wore the stuff, the flame Of royal anger dying. That's how court-plaster got its name Unless I'm greatly lying. --Naramy Oof»
«I think it's liquid aggravation that circulates through his veins, and not regular blood»
Author: Charles Dickens
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aggravation, aggravations, circulate, circulated, circulates, circulating, liquid, liquids, regular, vein, veins
«It's wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears.»
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