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William Horman (c. 1440 – April 1535) was a headmaster at Eton and Winchester College in the early Tudor period of English history. [1] He is best known for his Latin grammar textbook the Vulgaria, which created controversy at the time due to its unconventional approach in first giving examples of translations of English writings on different topics, and later discussing the rules of grammar ...
Civilized Man is a 3000-line Latin verse poem that gives proper advice on a wide range of social situations that the typical medieval person might have encountered in day-to-day life. Examples include: If you wish to belch, remember to look up to the ceiling. Do not attack your enemy while he is squatting to defecate.
Man does not live by bread alone; Man proposes, heaven disposes; Manners maketh man; Many a little makes a mickle; Many a mickle makes a muckle; Many a true word is spoken in jest; Many hands make light work; March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb; Marriages are made in heaven [17] [18] [19] Marry in haste, repent at leisure
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SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from “Judgment Day,” finale of the limited series “A Man in Full,” now streaming on Netflix. If you went into Netflix’s “A Man in Full ...
“A Man in Full,” the sprawling Tom Wolfe novel now adapted by screenwriter David E. Kelley into a limited series for Netflix, centers on a protagonist who, for all his resources, can’t bend ...
The Nine Tailors of the book's title are taken from the old saying "Nine Tailors Make a Man", which Sayers quotes at the end of the novel. As explained by John Shand in his 1936 Spectator article The Bellringers' Art , "'Nine Tailors' means the nine strokes which at the beginning of the toll for the dead announce to the villagers that a man is ...
The claim: Mark Twain said, 'I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.' After the death of conservative media personality Rush Limbaugh on Feb. 17, some ...