She believed that her husband was one of those men whose memoirs should be written when they died.
At last, however, by touching a secret spring, an inner compartment will open—a roll of paper appears—you seize it—it contains many sheets of manuscript—you hasten with the precious treasure into your own chamber, but scarcely have you been able to decipher 'Oh thou, whomsoever thou mayst be, into whose hands these memoirs of the wretched Matilda may fall'—when your lamp suddenly expires in the socket, and leaves you in total darkness.
How they had dreamed together, he and she, before he struck that vein of memoirs; how they had planned, and laughed, and loved.
Then as he—from the sounds of the steps she took them to belong to a man—did not move, she turned her head, and beheld with astonishment a person she had seen a good deal of lately in London, the well-known writer of amusing memoirs, Mr.
He wrote immensely popular memoirs, regularly, every year, of the mistresses of kings.
Shen Kuo was not only a geologist; his memoirs list "regularities underlying phenomena" in magnetism, astronomy, and engineering.
Beautiful Boy is based on the memoirs of Nic Sheff (Chalamet), who became addicted to methamphetamine as a teenager, and of his father David Sheff (Steve Carell), examining how deeply drug addiction can tear into the family unit.
During our life together, Amy was a prolific writer, publishing children's books, memoirs and articles.
As Cao Xingquan recounted in his book a Memoirs of Opera Performances in the former Qing Palaces, the three biggest stages were situated in three pdaces, the largest being situated at Rehe Temporary Palace which is the biggest.
It's hardly the stuff of misery memoirs, but it made me sad.
Short story collections, personal essays, memoirs and historical fiction often move at a pace that allows for quiet contemplation.
You might be surprised to see memoirs by Republicans such as "Decision Points," by President George W.
Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha We improve ourselves by victories over ourself.
Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt.
Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727), From Brewster, Memoirs of Newton (1855) If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than to any other talent.
Charles de Gaulle (1890 - 1970), War Memoirs, 1960 The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
