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| #5156162 in Books | 2011-06-11 | 2011-06-11 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.90 x6.00l,1.23 | File type: PDF | 384 pages||3 of 11 people found the following review helpful.| Interesting though not a comprehensive compilation|By Al Weeks|Mr. Burrell hit on an interesting idea for a book: a compilation of just about every well-known motto, oath, pledge, et al., an historian could think of all cast under the rubrics of "Words We Live By." However, the book, though for the most part a good read, is flawed because of its omissions. The author, Burrell,|.com |With a historian's tenacity and the insight of a literary critic, Brian Burrell's zeal for his subject is apparent on every page of The Words We Live By. He writes about the origins and significance of some of the most famous sayings in English, fr
At one time, this nation held a profound and simple faith in the power of words. Today we have become so engulfed in public cynicism that the whole notion of "words to live by" seems to us impossibly naive.
Brian Burrell's splendid collection shows that many of the phrases we once lived by can still have resonance today. A comprehensive, fascinating treasure trove of American common sense and whimsy, The Words We Live By presents a sentimental rediscovery o...
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