“The USA is so enormous, and so numerous are its schools, colleges and religious seminaries, many devoted to special religious beliefs ranging from the unorthodox to the dotty, that we can hardly wonder at its yielding a more bounteous harvest of gobbledygook than the rest of the world put together.” WorldSchoolTogetherBeliefReligiousWonderSpecialCollegeHumorousEnormousUsaDevotedHarvestReligious BeliefUnorthodox Author:Peter Medawar
“The nephew revenges himself for this, by holding his breath and terrifying his kinswoman with the dread belief that he has made up his mind to burst. Regardless of whispers and shakes, he swells and becomes discoloured, and yet again swells and becomes discoloured, until the aunt can bear it no longer, but leads him out, with no visible neck, and with his eyes going before him like a prawn's.” MindMadeEyeFunnyBeliefBearsHumorousBreathsRevengeHis EyesVisibleNecksShakesDreadAuntNephewPrawns Book:Novels Source: Novels
“Some medical beast had revived tar-water in those days as a fine medicine, and Mrs. Joe always kept a supply of it in the cupboard; having a belief in its virtues correspondent to its nastiness. At the best of times, so much of this elixir was administered to me as a choice restorative, that I was conscious of going about, smelling like a new fence.” FunnyChoicesBeliefWaterVirtueFineExpectationsConsciousHumorousMedicineMedicalBeastFenceGreat ExpectationsCupboardsElixirNastinessGreat Expectations Important Book:Great Expectations Source: Great Expectations