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Adam of Eynsham, the biographer of St. Hugh of Lincoln, testifies to the King holding truly devout men in high regard, and Walter Map tells of him tactfully averting his eyes and making no comment when a monk’s habit blew up and exposed his
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“You can’t immerse yourself in something,” Prof said softly, “without coming to respect it.”
― Firefight
― Firefight
“This was a wonderfully surreal moment: the real Montagu addressing his fictional persona, in a work of filmic fiction, based on reality, which had originated in fiction.”
― Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory
― Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory
“In reality, France's American territory extended to the west as far as a Frenchman could go without getting shot by a Spaniard, and likewise to the north without getting shot by an Englishman.”
― How the States Got Their Shapes
― How the States Got Their Shapes
“Ducking ponds where dogs chased ducks were popular amusements at parks, and sometimes, to increase the fun, an owl would be tied to the duck’s back, which caused it to dive in terror until one or both of the birds died.”
― The Stranger and the Statesman: James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the Making of America's Greatest Museum
― The Stranger and the Statesman: James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the Making of America's Greatest Museum
“She’s an Italian flag in occupied territory, and I fall for her like Paris.”
― The Bread We Eat in Dreams
― The Bread We Eat in Dreams
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