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Letter "W" » writ
«He that knew all that learning ever writ, Knew only this - that he knew nothing yet»
«All your better deeds / Shall be in water writ, but this in marble.»
Author: Francis Beaumont
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writ
«Here lies one whose name was writ in water.»
«External nature is only internal nature writ large.»
«I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do any thing. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more.»
Author: Dorothy Parker
(Poet, Writer)
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Fame
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famous, nailed, nailing, nails, not famous, one of the largest, roster, The Nails, writ, writ large
«Accept a miracle instead of wit and see two dull lines with Stanhope's pencil writ.»
«New Presbyter is but old Priest writ large.»
Author: John Milton
(Historian, Poet, Scholar)
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presbyter, presbyters, priest, writ, writ large
«I don't see how an epigram, being a bolt from the blue, with no introduction or cue, ever gets itself writ»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
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bolt, bolted, cue, cues, epigram, introduction, writ
«And the gates of this Chapel were shut, / And `Thou shalt not' writ over the door.»
«But then I sigh; and, with a piece of Scripture, Tell them that God bids us do good for evil: And thus I clothe my naked villany With odd old ends stol'n forth of holy writ; And seem a saint when most I play the devil»
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