From An Untouched House, by Willem Frederik Hermans, translated by David Colmer
NO MORE
"I picked up the bayonet and her handbag, which I clicked shut. There were no more signs of what had happened in the marble bathroom."
From page 58
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Friday, December 14, 2018
Daily Dose
From An Untouched House, by Willem Frederik Hermans, translated by David Colmer
NO MORE
"I picked up the bayonet and her handbag, which I clicked shut. There were no more signs of what had happened in the marble bathroom."
From page 58
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Daily Dose
From The Rise of the Dutch Republic, by John Lothrop MotleyDURABILITY
"Durability is not the test of merit in human institutions."
From Part 1, Chapter 1, Philip the Second in the Netherlands, 1553 - 1559
Friday, January 21, 2011
Daily Dose
From The Rise of the Dutch Republic, by John Lothrop MotleyPOWER
"Power, the more subdivided, becomes the more tyrannical."
From Book I, Chapter 4
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Clerihew in Orange Motley
JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEYAt length, John Lothrop Motley,
Protested rather hotly,
"No writer quite intends, as such,
To write so much about the Dutch."
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Another Dutch Clerihew
JOHAN HUIZINGAThough in his youth he was a swinger,
Medievalist Johan Huizinga,
Found this never quite assuages
The Waning of the Middle Ages.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
A Clerihew of Neglected Genius
CEES NOOTEBOOMThe Swedes deserve a vote of thanks
For prizing genius in the ranks.
(Though not from
Cees Nooteboom.)
Friday, April 9, 2010
A Microscopic Clerihew
ANTONIE PHILIPS VAN LEEUWENHOEKAntonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek
Usually wore a fine peruke,
Though not, it seems, as he's pictured here,
In "The Astronomer" by Vermeer.
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